Gov. Cuomo Rejects the Constitution Pipeline, Huge Win for the Anti-Fracking Movement
By EcoWatch staff, EcoWatch
In a win for climate activists and the anti-fracking movement, and a blow to fossil fuel polluters and the federal regulatory agencies that enable them, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) denied a key permit to companies seeking to build a 124-mile fracked gas pipeline.
Court Rules That New York Towns Can Ban Fracking
By EcoWatch staff, EcoWatch
In a precedent-setting case decided today by the New York Court of Appeals, local communities have triumphed over the fracking industry.
Fracking Waste Injection Wells Put Millions of Californians at Risk of Increased Earthquakes
By EcoWatch staff, Earthworks
Oil companies are increasing California’s earthquake risk by injecting billions of gallons of oil and gas wastewater a year into hundreds of disposal wells near active faults around Los Angeles, Bakersfield and other major cities, according to a new report from Earthworks, the Center for Biological Diversity and Clean Water Action.
Grazing Animals Could Save Biodiversity in Over-Fertilized Grasslands Worldwide
By EcoWatch staff, University of Maryland
A study of grasslands on six continents suggests a way to counteract the human-made overdose of fertilizer that threatens to permanently alter the biodiversity of the world’s native prairies.
Rules on Toxic Clean Up Chemicals Unclear as New Leak Pours into Gulf of Mexico
By EcoWatch staff, EcoWatch
A new well leak in the Gulf of Mexico is spewing natural gas and possibly crude oil 75 miles off the coast of Louisiana, reports the U.S. Coast Guard and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
Industrial Hemp: The Answer for a Greener Future
By EcoWatch staff, EcoWatch
'Bringing It Home' tells the story of hemp’s past, present and future through interviews with hemp business leaders and entrepreneurs from all over the globe...
Fracking Creates Water Scarcity Issues in Michigan
By EcoWatch staff, EcoWatch
Concerns about the impact to local groundwater by massive water use—on a scale never before seen in Michigan fracking operations—are coming to a head, as the plan for Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. to use 8.4 million gallons of water to fracture a single well has been stymied by a lack of water on site.