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

Fracking the Eagle Ford: Citizens’ Complaints – Graphic

By Lisa Song, Sabrina Shankman & Paul Horn

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