Faces of Fracking: Lupe Anguiano
An 85-year-old civil rights hero takes on Big Oil and the company burying the industry’s dangerous waste.
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Federal Reserve Policy Keeps Fracking Bubble Afloat
In August 2005, the U.S. Congress and then-President George W. Bush blessed the oil and gas industry with a game-changer: the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
When the Shale Runs Dry: A Look at the Future of Fracking
If you want to see the future of the shale industry — what today’s drilling rush will leave behind — come to Bradford, Pennsylvania.
Faces of Fracking: Rosanna Esparza
As an environmental journalist I meet a lot of environmental organizers – it’s par for the course. But Rosanna is not like any I’ve come across before.
U.S. Energy Policies Based on Inflated Fracking Predictions: Post Carbon Institute Report
Economic predictions about the fracking industry’s potential growth have for the most part gone unquestioned — until now.
Drilling Deeper: New Report Casts Doubt on Fracking Production Numbers
Post Carbon Institute has published a report calling into question the production statistics touted by promoters of hydraulic fracturing or fracking.
The Revolution That Wasn’t: Why the Fracking Phenomenon Will Leave Us High and Dry
A new, landmark report shows that hopes of a long-term golden era in American oil & gas production are unfounded.
Drilling Deeper: A Reality Check On U.S. Government Forecasts For a Lasting Tight Oil & Shale Gas Boom
Drilling Deeper reviews the twelve shale plays that account for 82% of the tight oil production and 88% of the shale gas production in the U.S.
Fracking Ban Ballot Initiatives Intensify
County ballot issues to ban fracking could have a large impact outside those counties
New Evidence Links Earthquakes to Fracking
The evidence linking fracking to earthquakes continues to pile up.
Fracking Moves To China, Part II
Host Alex Wise caught up with Mother Jones journalists Jaeah Lee and James West to talk about how U.S. oil and gas interests are exporting fracking around the globe and how the technology may pose risks in China that even exceed those associated with coal.
Fracking Moves To China, Part I
Mother Jones journalists Jaeah Lee and James West spent a year investigating the ins and outs of the growing fracking industry in China. Host Alex Wise caught up with them to talk about how U.S. oil and gas interests are exporting fracking around the globe and how the technology may pose risks in China that even exceed those associated with coal.
