Oil and gas production isn’t translating to more jobs for residents of heavily fracked communities, new research shows.
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Environmentalists welcome bill banning fracking in New York | Hudsonvalley360.com | dailygazette.com
The bill, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 21, bans the use of carbon dioxide in mining for natural gas or oil, and also stops the issuing of new well permits for applications that use this method, according to the text of the law. 
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Mapuche communities affected by methane gas extraction in Patagonia are urging the top U.S. securities regulator to inform investors about the “environmental, social and cultural” situation in Argentina.
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New research from scientists at UC Riverside confirms that fracking leads to small, slow earthquakes, the origin of which had been unknown.
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Despite repeated warnings that new fossil fuel projects are incompatible with averting climate disaster, oil and gas corporations "are on a massive expansion course" to increase dirty energy production in the coming years, according to an analysis released Thursday at the United Nations COP2
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PFAS are used by the oil and gas industry, but a lack of transparency and accountability makes it impossible to know how widespread contamination could be in Pennsylvania...
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Long-lasting chemicals with links to cancers and other ailments have been used in Colorado to frack oil and gas wells, a national health and environmental organization says in a new report.
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PSR’s new report, Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in Colorado, documents the use of toxic, persistent PFAS chemicals in Colorado oil and gas wells. Trade secrets may obscure far wider use.
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Oil and gas companies are hurtling toward bankruptcy, raising fears that wells will be left leaking planet-warming pollutants, with cleanup costs left to taxpayers.
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The oil and gas industry has had a far worse impact on the climate than previously believed, according to a study indicating that human emissions of fossil methane have been underestimated by up to 40%.
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“This indicates that the fossil fuel sector has a much more polluting impact beyond being responsible for the overwhelming majority of carbon dioxide emissions. This is worrying and overall bad news,” said Dr Joeri Rogelj, a climate change lecturer at the Grantham Institute.
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With the U.S. Senate holding confirmation hearings for several of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees on Wednesday, climate organizers were joined by progressive lawmakers outside the Capitol to speak out against one potential administration official in particular...
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A new poll shows that while Pennsylvanians are divided on fracking, a significant majority support more regulations on the natural gas industry.
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Thanks to hydraulic fracturing, record amounts of oil and gas have been produced in the US in the past six years
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Environmental groups in Ohio have filed a preliminary injunction to stop the leasing of public lands to the oil and gas industry.
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Pennsylvania children who grew up near oil and gas fracking sites have a higher risk for leukemia, a new study finds.
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Exclusive: Campaigners say funding may provide incentive to restart fracking if moratorium is lifted...
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A new report from Physicians for Social Responsibility found companies have used PFAS in Colorado wells. More dangerous versions could be concealed as trade secrets, the group says.
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Turns out that Deb Haaland, a Native American lawmaker determined to tackle climate change, scares Republicans bankrolled by the oil and gas industry.
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Evidence from our analysis suggests that, on average, districts experiencing unconventional drilling had lower per-pupil revenues, locally raised per-pupil...
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Fracking isn't paying off as was promised in Pennsylvania, but it can make people sick in ways no one ever dreamed possible.
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Energy group Ineos has applied to launch a legal challenge to the Scottish government's ban on onshore unconventional oil and gas development in Scotland, known as "fracking", arguing the ban was imposed unlawfully.
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