Sep 08 Watch Colorado fracking fuels fight between state and local government over control By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 03 Hundreds of earthquakes in Oklahoma linked to injection wells By Jenny Marder Scientists are increasingly linking hundreds of earthquakes near Jones, Oklahoma to wastewater wells used in fracking operations. Continue reading
Jun 15 Some high-risk oil and gas wells not inspected by feds By Associated Press Four in 10 new oil and gas wells near national forests and fragile watersheds or otherwise identified as higher pollution risks escape federal inspection, unchecked by an agency struggling to keep pace with America's drilling boom, according to an Associated… Continue reading
May 12 U.S. skipped environmental inspections on high-risk oil wells By Hope Yen, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say. The report, obtained by The Associated Press before its public release,… Continue reading
May 07 Emergency order requires crude oil shippers to disclose train routes By Joan Lowy, Associated Press The emergency order requires that each railroad operating trains containing more than 1 million gallons of crude oil — the equivalent of about 35 tank cars — from the booming Bakken region of North Dakota, Montana and parts of Canada… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch Unlikely partners work to make fracking safer By PBS News Hour In an unlikely alliance, natural gas companies and environmentalists have decided to work together to make fracking safer. Rick Karr travels to Pennsylvania to explore the tensions this has created among environmental groups. Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Wednesday, February 19, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tonight on the program, we examine a nonpartisan report on the nation's minimum wage, which says raising it would make a dent in poverty but could lead to fewer jobs. Also: Deadly protests and turmoil in Venezuela, thousands wait for… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Sunday, November 3, 2013 Alliance between gas companies and environmentalists, Banksy, climate change policy. Continue watching
May 06 Watch In Poland, Pursuing Valuable Energy Deep in the Earth Fuels Dissent Above Ground In Poland, Pursuing Valuable Energy Deep in the Earth Fuels Dissent Above Ground… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch Proposed Keystone Pipeline Prompts Protest March, Heated Debate Proposed Keystone Pipeline Prompts Protest March, Heated Debate… Continue watching