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They Couldn’t Drink Their Water. And Still, They Stayed Quiet.

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  • – The New York Times – 9/17/21
Daniel Shaffer September 24, 2021 Big Picture Read more

E.P.A. Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show

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  • – The New York Times – 7/12/21
Daniel Shaffer July 23, 2021 Big Picture Read more

The Oil and Gas Industry Produces Radioactive Waste. Lots of It

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  • – Rolling Stone – 7/21/21
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  • A HOT FRACKING MESS: HOW WEAK REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION LEADS TO RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN OUR WATER,
Daniel Shaffer July 23, 2021 Big Picture Read more

The fracking boom is over. Where did all the jobs go?

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  • – MIT Technology Review – 7/1/21
Daniel Shaffer July 11, 2021 Regional & MVP, Regional Issues Read more

New study highlights risks for future gas development in Appalachia

Further natural gas extraction in Appalachia is unlikely to be profitable as the US energy system undergoes rapid decarbonization, according to a report from the Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI), an independent think tank located in Johnstown, PA.

Daniel Shaffer April 7, 2021 Uncategorized Read more

Appalachian Fracking Faces Financial Risks, Report Warns. Hopes for Petrochemical Plastics Boom ‘Unlikely.’

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  • – DeSmog – 3/26/21
Daniel Shaffer April 7, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

Fracking Industry Has Another Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

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  • – Sierra Club – 3/11/21
Daniel Shaffer March 19, 2021 Big Picture Read more

Manchin on fracking, climate and a clean energy standard

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  • – E&E News – 1/15/21
Daniel Shaffer January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Regional & MVP, Regional Issues Read more

Fracking: From Revolution to Money Pit (video)

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  • – Bloomberg – 7/2/20
Daniel Shaffer July 16, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Fracking Needs a Shakeout, Not a Bailout

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  • – The Washington Post – 3/12/20
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  • Trump considers relief for shale
    producers during outbreak
Daniel Shaffer March 13, 2020 Big Picture Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of conservation organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region, which encompasses the Central Appalachian Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia.

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