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Fracking

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

Jobs, personal income and population growth in 22 gas-producing counties lagged behind, according to the Ohio River Valley Institute.

By James Bruggers

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
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

Activity at a Bakken oil well pad south of Watford City, North Dakota. Credit: William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images

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

By Nicholas Kusnetz

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University on Oct. 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Credit: Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images

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

By Georgina Gustin

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Vice President Mike Pence participate in the vice-presidential debate at Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah on Oct. 7, 2020. Credit: Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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

By Ilana Cohen, Marianne Lavelle

Hickenlooper and Gardner

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

Emissions on the New Jersey Turnpike. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

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

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline that was to be repurposed for natural gas liquids runs next to a senior citizens center in Richmond, Kentucky. Credit: Katie Gardner/Courtesy Kentucky Heartwood and Safety on the Line.

Kinder Morgan Cancels Fracked Liquids Pipeline Plan, and Pursues Another

By James Bruggers

A horizontal gas drilling rig explores the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images

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

Choke Hold Series: InsideClimate News

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

By Neela Banerjee

Pawnee earthquake damage

Oklahoma’s Largest Quake Linked to Oil and Gas Industry Actions 3 Years Earlier

Anti-fracking sentiment has taken hold in places like Maryland

Fracking Ban About to Become Law in Maryland

By Sabrina Shankman

North Dakota collects better data on spills from fracked wells than other oil states

Fracking Well Spills Poorly Reported in Most Top-Producing States, Study Finds

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Researchers found a methane surge in Pennsylvania gas region

Study Finds Methane Rise in Pennsylvania Gas Country

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