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When Fracking Companies Own the Gas Beneath Your Land
Natural gas companies have cut down forests and paved over farms on West Virginia private lands, calling it…
July 12, 2019
A Resolution Condemning Pipeline Challengers Passed Easily. A Pipeline Lobbyist Wrote It.
A Dominion Energy lobbyist drafted the resolution and bought meals for its supporters in West Virginia’s legislature. He…
July 11, 2019
PA Prosecutors Eye Potential ‘Environmental Crimes’ of Oil and Gas Companies
When he ran for attorney general in 2016, Josh Shapiro promised to prosecute the state’s fracking industry. In…
May 9, 2019
Kentucky Project’s Demise Linked to International Fallout From Journalist’s Murder
When battery manufacturer EnerBlu announced it would suspend plans for a new factory in Pikeville, Kentucky, the company…
February 21, 2019
Scientists Call for Drastic Drop in Emissions. U.S. Appears to Have Gone the Other Way.
A report by a private research company found that U.S. emissions, which amount to one-sixth of the planet’s,…
January 15, 2019
Kentucky Coal Mine Belonging to W.Va. Governor Causes Flood Damage, Again
The rain started around 10:30 p.m. By midnight, the creek in front of Elvis and Laura Thackers’ house…
November 8, 2018