Fracking Affects Property Prices
Living close to a shale gas well affects the price of your house, according to new research published in the American Economic Review, one of the country’s oldest and most respected economic journals.
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#FreeDonziger: 900 days under house arrest for fighting Big Oil’s dirty pollution in Ecuador
Embedded into the story of the struggle against Big Oil in Ecuador is the American lawyer: Steven Donziger. His story adds another layer of torrid injustice in the fight to hold Big Oil accountable. His story needs to be told.
Wildfires Cause Californian Air Quality Crisis
The most devastating wildfires in Californian history are not only ripping through forests and communities but are also causing a wider public health crisis due to polluted air and unhealthy smoke from the burning.
The Spirit of Saro-Wiwa Lives On
A new wave of anger, manifesting in large protests, is sweeping through Nigeria’s Ogoni region.
Fracking Causes “Significant Damage” to Aquifers
According to a leaked powerpoint from the Environmental Protection Agency, fracking has caused “significant damage” to drinking water aquifers in the town of Dimock in Pennsylvania in the US.
Fracking Causes Blowouts too
[caption id="attachment_10554" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Owen Crowley"][/caption] Another day and yet another reported problem with fracking. Canadian regulators are now investigating the possibility that fracking could have caused a blowout in a neighbouring well which was producing oil several hundred metres...
Scientific Study Warns Fracking Can Contaminate Aquifers
Sorry to hark on about this – but proponents of fracking keep on saying it is a precise science that is safe, which will not contaminate water supplies. But we know that is not true. We also know the technique...
How UK Gov. Is Spinning Pro-Shale Science in the Media
As the UK’s fledgling shale industry lurches from crisis after crisis concerning public acceptability and causing repeated small earthquakes, the UK Government last month appointed what it termed an independent “Shale Gas Commissioner” whose job it is to listen to...
15-Year Old Oil Spill Could Become Bigger than Deepwater Horizon
It may be a New Year, but there is an old oil spill that keeps on spilling
Justice for 30,000 Trafigura Victims
Take one of the world’s largest oil traders, the world’s most famous libel law firms and one of the most famous spin doctors and spin a trail of devious pollution, deaths, mass injury, lies and legal threats. You have the...