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Greenpeace set up a faux fracking operation outside the country home of British Prime Minister David Cameron this week to protest a government plan to allow fracking companies to drill under private property without the owners' permission.

Greenpeace decides to create a fracking well — under David Cameron’s home

Environment

The British government is set to introduce a bill that critics say would allow gas fracking under people’s homes, without permission. Opponents from Greenpeace responded by setting up a bogus fracking operation outside the country home of Prime Minister David Cameron. The British government is set to introduce a bill that critics say would allow gas fracking under people’s homes, without permission. Opponents from Greenpeace responded by setting up a bogus fracking operation outside the country home of Prime Minister David Cameron.

EPA acknowledges link between fracking, well pollution in Wyoming

Environment

VIDEO: U.K. debating whether to expand fracking onshore

Environment

Burning water, contamination and natural gas “fracking”

Environment

Do Democratic losses mean a win for natural gas?

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Waste Water from Oil Extraction Can Cause Earthquakes

Environment

A new study links a 2011 earthquake in Oklahoma to wells containing waste water from oil and gas extraction.

Fracking Around the Globe

Hydraulic fracturing–aka “fracking”–is transforming the energy landscape in the US. Now there’s a rush to bring the technology to the rest of the world.

Fracking’s Impact on the American Landscape

What is the cost of America’s thirst for energy?   Richard Manning, a writer based in Montana, has been reporting on the impact of accelerated efforts to bring oil and gas out from the shale rock formations in Bakken, North Dakota. His article “Bakken Business: The price of North Dakota’s fracking boom,” which appears in the […]

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Fracking with Propane Instead of Water

A Canadian company is using propane instead of water to extract gas from shale formations. The method is controversial; some question its safety.

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A tainted well points to trouble with natural gas drilling

Environment

The E.P.A. has unearthed a report from 1984 in West Virginia that indicates clearly that fracking contaminated drinking water, and that the oil and gas industry was aware of the possible dangers of the practice. Ian Urbina reports.

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