Frackquake Madness!: 35 Fracking Earthquakes Rock Oklahoma in a Week By...
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Historically speaking, Oklahoma used to be a place where almost no palpable earthquakes happened at all — but hydraulic fracturing, a.k.a. “fracking” has changed all that now....
View ArticleEPA study whitewashes the effects of fracking By Philip Guelpa
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final draft of a study last month on the effects on drinking water of fracking (high volume hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of oil and...
View ArticleBill McKibben – Why the Earth Is Heating So Fast: Physics Doesnt Negotiate
President Obama is visiting Alaska this week — a territory changing as rapidly as any on earth thanks to global warming. He’s talking constantly about the danger that climate change poses to the planet...
View ArticleDr Gideon Polya – Paris Climate Agreement Betrays Humanity Which Must Apply...
The weak, non-binding and dishonest Paris Climate Agreement will have delighted climate criminal and war criminal nations likeSaudi Arabia, the US and US lackey Australia, but has betrayed our...
View ArticleNika Knight – EPA’s Own Advisory Board Demands Revision of Deeply Flawed...
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board, a panel of independent scientists, is calling on the agency to revise last year’s much–maligned report that declared fracking to have...
View ArticlePam Frost Gorder – New genus of bacteria found living inside hydraulic...
Researchers analyzing the genomes of microorganisms living in shale oil and gas wells have found evidence of sustainable ecosystems taking hold there—populated in part by a never-before-seen genus of...
View ArticleUS drives rainforest destruction by importing Amazon oil, study finds
US imports of crude oil from the Amazon are driving the destruction of some of the rainforest ecosystem’s most pristine areas and releasing copious amounts of greenhouse gases, according to a new...
View ArticleReynard Loki – Trump Declares All-Out War on Environment With Fossil...
Scientists warn in a major new reportthat the increasingly rapid melting of Arctic ice could potentially be irreversible and have severe implications not just for Arctic ecosystems, but for the entire...
View ArticleLorraine Chow – Big Oil Cheers as Trump Plans to Open National Parks for...
America’s national parks are already under threat, but will our beloved public lands survive Donald Trump‘s incoming presidency? The president-elect plans to open up federal lands for more energy...
View ArticleAlternative Visions -Potholes Emerging in the US Economy? -05.19.17
Last week the US stock market experienced a major hiccup as it now appears the US economy is softening in areas and the ‘Trump Trade’ may not materialize. Dr. Rasmus explores the soft spots in the US...
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