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From the Top Down: Polluting America’s Water Begins at a Federal Level

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SPOT-5 XS satellite image from November 15, 2008, showing the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field. Graded well pads and connecting access roads are clearly visible. Each pad covers an area of 3-4 acres. Open pits of waste drilling fluids appear as dark spots on many of the pads. SkyTruth

Poisoning the Well: How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply by Abrahm Lustgarten for ProPublica Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic [...]

What’s Changed in Federal Fracking Regulations?

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The new federal rules for fracking do not apply to wells on private property, such as the one next to Jim Harkins home in Potter County, Pa. photo: J.B.Pribanic

40 Acres and a Rule: Draft Federal Fracking Regs Cover Only A Sliver of Land by Lena Groeger Last week’s media coverage of the Obama administration’s newly-proposed fracking rules focused so heavily on how drilling companies would have to [...]

ALEC Lends a Hand to Fracking Legislation

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ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules by Cora Currier  One of the key controversies about fracking is the chemical makeup of the fluid that is pumped deep into the ground to break apart rock and release natural gas. Some [...]