Based on years of immersive reporting, Eliza Griswold’s “Amity and Prosperity” follows the legal battle that ensued when a single frack site began to affect three neighboring families.
Two years after the media left, hundreds of "water protectors" who participated in protests over the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota struggle to rebuild their lives.
Lissa Lucas is running for the West Virginia Statehouse, and her campaign gets a boost after she calls out lawmakers backing a fracking bill.
For $212, anyone can stake a claim to land cut from federal protection by President Trump in December. But so far, there doesn't appear to be a rush to seize the opportunity.
The regulations, developed under President Obama, called for disclosure of the chemicals used in the drilling process. Trump's new action draws praise from industry groups.
For the second straight year, a group's blockade of railroad tracks to disrupt shipment of "fracking sand" to oil fields in North Dakota was broken up by police.
The actor and activist tells Truthdig about his fight against power plants fueled by fracked gas and more.
Amid Democratic silence, Sen. Bernie Sanders is winning praise for condemning what environmental groups call a "giveaway to oil and gas interests."
Many of the oil services companies employed when new fields are developed have been laying off workers, and oil companies have been taking write-downs of their assets.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s finding, endorsed by environmentalists, comes as Donald Trump's nascent administration prepares to rethink regulation of the gas drilling industry.
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