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To Meet Paris Accord Goal, Most of the World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Must Stay in the Ground

A new study in Nature reports that oil, gas and coal production must begin falling immediately to have even a 50 percent chance of keeping global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

The Riverkeeper’s Quest to Protect the Delaware River Watershed as the Rains Fall and Sea Level Rises

By Daelin Brown

$A new study shows the potential for widespread surface water pollution from hydraulic fracturing like at this drilling site in Western Colorado. Credit: Bob Berwyn$

Surface Water Vulnerable to Widespread Pollution From Fracking, a New Study Finds

North Dakota, Using Taxpayer Funds, Bailed Out Oil and Gas Companies by Plugging Abandoned Wells

$Threaded drilling pipes are stacked at a hydraulic fracturing site owned by EQT Corp. located atop the Marcellus shale rock formation in Washington Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Ty Wright/Bloomberg via Getty Images$

A Decade Into the Fracking Boom, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia Haven’t Gained Much, a Study Says

By James Bruggers

$Climate activists protested the construction of the Perennial fracked gas power plant on Oct. 30 by delivering a letter to the offices of Gov. Kate Brown and Department of Energy Director Janine Benner demanding they take steps to terminate Perennial’s pe$

Oregon Allows a Controversial Fracked Gas Power Plant to Begin Construction

By Ilana Cohen

$A hydro-fracking drilling pad for oil and gas operates on Oct. 26, 2017 in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images$

Five Things To Know About Fracking in Pennsylvania. Are Voters Listening?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The $16 Million Was Supposed to Clean Up Old Oil Wells; Instead, It’s Going to Frack New Ones

By Nicholas Kusnetz

In Final Debate, Trump and Biden Display Vastly Divergent Views—and Levels of Knowledge—On Climate

By Georgina Gustin

The Pence-Harris Showdown Came up Well Short of an Actual 'Debate' on Climate Change

By Ilana Cohen, Marianne Lavelle

Senate 2020: In Colorado, Where Climate Matters, Hickenlooper is Favored to Unseat Gardner

By Judy Fahys

$In a report on Thursday, a special state investigative grand jury said Pennsylvania agencies failed to protect citizens from adverse health effects of fracking in the state. Credit: Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General$

Pennsylvania Grand Jury Faults State Officials for Lax Fracking Oversight

By Marianne Lavelle

Front Range communities in Colorado are under pressure from oil and gas development next to their neighborhoods. Credit: Ted Wood

Detlev Helmig Was Frugal With Tax Dollars. Then CU Fired Him for Misusing Funds.

By DANIEL GLICK

U.S. Emissions Dropped in 2019: Here's Why in 6 Charts

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Kinder Morgan Cancels Fracked Liquids Pipeline Plan, and Pursues Another

By James Bruggers

Water Use in Fracking Soars — Exceeding Rise in Fuels Produced, Study Says

By Phil McKenna

$Brian Latkanich stands in his yard with the fracking well behind him. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey$

As Much as 5 Times More Methane Leaking at Penn. Gas, Oil Sites than Reported

By Neela Banerjee

$Hydraulic fracturing site near a home in Pennsylvania. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey$

Fracking Study Finds Low Birth Weights Near Natural Gas Drilling Sites

By Sabrina Shankman, by Sabrina Shankman

Industrial Strength: How the U.S. Government Hid Fracking's Risks to Drinking Water

By Neela Banerjee

To Meet Paris Accord Goal, Most of the World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Must Stay in the Ground

A new study in Nature reports that oil, gas and coal production must begin falling immediately to have even a 50 percent chance of keeping global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Riverkeeper’s Quest to Protect the Delaware River Watershed as the Rains Fall and Sea Level Rises

By Daelin Brown

Surface Water Vulnerable to Widespread Pollution From Fracking, a New Study Finds

By Bob Berwyn

North Dakota, Using Taxpayer Funds, Bailed Out Oil and Gas Companies by Plugging Abandoned Wells

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A Decade Into the Fracking Boom, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia Haven’t Gained Much, a Study Says

By James Bruggers

Oregon Allows a Controversial Fracked Gas Power Plant to Begin Construction

By Ilana Cohen

Five Things To Know About Fracking in Pennsylvania. Are Voters Listening?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The $16 Million Was Supposed to Clean Up Old Oil Wells; Instead, It’s Going to Frack New Ones

By Nicholas Kusnetz

In Final Debate, Trump and Biden Display Vastly Divergent Views—and Levels of Knowledge—On Climate

By Georgina Gustin

The Pence-Harris Showdown Came up Well Short of an Actual 'Debate' on Climate Change

By Ilana Cohen, Marianne Lavelle

Senate 2020: In Colorado, Where Climate Matters, Hickenlooper is Favored to Unseat Gardner

By Judy Fahys

Pennsylvania Grand Jury Faults State Officials for Lax Fracking Oversight

By Marianne Lavelle

Detlev Helmig Was Frugal With Tax Dollars. Then CU Fired Him for Misusing Funds.

By DANIEL GLICK

U.S. Emissions Dropped in 2019: Here's Why in 6 Charts

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Kinder Morgan Cancels Fracked Liquids Pipeline Plan, and Pursues Another

By James Bruggers

Water Use in Fracking Soars — Exceeding Rise in Fuels Produced, Study Says

By Phil McKenna

As Much as 5 Times More Methane Leaking at Penn. Gas, Oil Sites than Reported

By Neela Banerjee

Fracking Study Finds Low Birth Weights Near Natural Gas Drilling Sites

By Sabrina Shankman, by Sabrina Shankman

Industrial Strength: How the U.S. Government Hid Fracking's Risks to Drinking Water

By Neela Banerjee

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