A Way Out: Fracking as a Move Towards Energy Independence in the US

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A Way Out: Fracking as a Move Towards Energy Independence in the US

by Laurel Dammann on November 26, 2012 · comment

CREDO Action & New Yorkers Against Fracking Protest Gov. Cuomo's Plan to Frack New York. photo:

Fracking in America With the US looking to ease its reliance on foreign oil, Fault Lines investigates the impact of natural gas extraction. Fault Lines for Al Jazeera For years now, the United States has tried to lower [...]

Recent Study Says Shale Brines Are Migrating to Drinking Water

by The Investigative Newswire on July 10, 2012 · comment

$Carol French of Bradford County, Pa., told Public Herald in a June 2012 interview how she believes Marcellus and fracking fluids have migrated from deep underground to contaminate her drinking water. photo: J.B.Pribanic$

New Study: Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into PA Drinking Water by Abrahm Lustgarten for ProPublica New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania’s natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking [...]

A Reemergence of Black Lung for Coal Workers

by The Investigative Newswire on July 9, 2012 · comment

EDGAR ZORNES OF CLOTHIER, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR MADISON WITH HIS DOG. A MINER FOR 23 YEARS, HE HAS BLACK LUNG. DOCTORS HAVE DETERMINED MINERS CONTRACT BLACK LUNG FROM AIR-BORNE PARTICLES OF COAL DUST IN THE MINES WHICH FILL UP AIR SACKS IN THEIR LUNGS AND MAKE IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO BREATHE. photo: WIkimedia Commons

Black lung surges back in coal country by Chris Hamby for iWatch News PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Ray Marcum bears the marks of a bygone era of coal mining. At 83, his voice is raspy, his eastern Kentucky accent [...]

American Taxpayer Dollars Fund Energy Security in Battery Power

by The Investigative Newswire on November 28, 2011 · comment

The Mix: ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar by energyNOW! The U.S. pioneered many of the clean energy technologies used today around the world. But five years ago, when an elite group of scientists warned America was falling behind foreign [...]