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Hydrofracked? One man’s mystery leads to a backlash against natural gas drilling

Hydrofracked? One man’s mystery leads to a backlash against natural gas drilling

There are few things a family needs to survive more than fresh drinking water.

Fearing Gasland

Fearing Gasland

The natural gas industry is afraid that Josh Fox, director of the muckraking film Gasland, might win an Oscar…

GOP proposes $1.6 billion cut to EPA budget, defends $4 billion in oil subsidies

GOP proposes $1.6 billion cut to EPA budget, defends $4 billion in oil subsidies

WASHINGTON DC – Republicans unveiled a budget plan on Wednesday that proposed a $1.6 billion cut to the Environmental…

EPA demands fracking recipes for water study

EPA demands fracking recipes for water study

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued letters to nine natural gas drilling companies requesting “cooperation in a scientific study” of hydraulic fracturing and how it affects drinking water and public health, the agency announced on Thursday.

Montana farmers fight eminent domain

Montana farmers fight eminent domain

Folks are hopping mad over a plan to condemn and seize private ranchland near Cut Bank to erect an electrical transmission line to connect growing wind farms to the grid.

Chevron’s ‘crude’ free speech

Chevron’s ‘crude’ free speech

Energy watchdogs and journalists are slamming a court order to force a filmmaker to turn over raw video to help Chevron fight a pollution lawsuit.

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