Vermont Becomes First State to Ban Fracking

Flag-map of Vermont. photo: Wikimedia Commons

In an excerpt from StateImpact’s report, the industry responds to Vermont’s decision: The Amer­i­can Petro­leum Insti­tute is rais­ing ques­tions about the measure’s con­sti­tu­tion­al­ity, argu­ing a whole­sale ban on an indus­trial prac­tice vio­lates the document’s Com­merce Clause. Vermont Fracking [...]

Video Investigations: May 2011

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