Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale
Big Oil & Bad Air on the Texas Prairie
InsideClimate News, in collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity and The Weather Channel, tells the story of the fracking boom that overtook the oil and gas fields of Texas. State legislators and regulators protected the industry more than the residents, who feared for their health from the toxic air they were breathing.
Texas Turns Blind Eye to Fracking’s Toxic Air Emissions
More than 2,400 air emissions permits have been issued in the Eagle Ford without safeguards to limit toxic chemicals breathed in by residents.
David Hasemyer, Ben Wieder and Alan Suderman


Big Oil & Bad Air in Texas – Video
By Inside Climate News, Center for Public Integrity and The Weather Channel

Fracking the Eagle Ford: What’s In the Air – Graphic
By Lisa Song and Paul Horn
