Natural Gas Drilling Rig Kills Cattle
This story first appeared on ProPublica. ProPublica has been reporting for months about how natural gas drilling is affecting the environment, but of all the causes for concern we’ve reported, here’s...
View ArticleDEP Issues Citation to Pennsylvania Driller as a Third Spill Occurs
This story first appeared on the ProPublica website. Pennsylvania environment officials have charged Cabot Oil and Gas with five violations after nearly 8,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing solution...
View ArticleInjection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us
This story first appeared on the ProPublica website. Over the past several decades, US industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses...
View ArticleThe EPA Is Letting Energy Companies Pollute Our Drinking Water
This story first appeared on the ProPublica website. Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing...
View ArticleLand Grab Cheats North Dakota Tribes Out of $1 Billion, Suits Allege
This story first appeared on the ProPublica website. Native Americans on an oil-rich North Dakota reservation have been cheated out of more than $1 billion by schemes to buy drilling rights for lowball...
View ArticleUnfair Share: How Oil and Gas Drillers Avoid Paying Royalties
This story first appeared on the ProPublica website Don Feusner ran dairy cattle on his 370-acre slice of northern Pennsylvania until he could no longer turn a profit by farming. Then, at age 60, he...
View ArticleCalifornia Halts Injection of Fracking Waste, Warning it May Be Contaminating...
This story was originally published on ProPublica. California officials have ordered an emergency shut-down of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review more than 100 others in the state’s...
View ArticlePotential Insurance Bill From Hurricane Florence Could Take Toll on Wallets...
This article was originally published by ProPublica. For years, North Carolina has bet against a storm like Hurricane Florence. Even as nationally known insurance companies pulled out of the state’s...
View ArticleFor 20 Years, US Carbon Emissions Have Been Dropping. Last Year, They Spiked.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. The signals are blaring: Dramatic changes to our climate are well upon us. These changes — we know thanks to a steady drumbeat of alarming official...
View ArticleFeds File First Criminal Charges Related to BP Gulf Spill
This story first appeared on the ProPublica website. Two years after oil from a BP well began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the US Department of Justice has filed criminal charges alleging that a...
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