Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.
With water use growing, arid Western states are asking for new regulations.
Proposed legislation would prohibit new fracking wells within 2,500 feet of an existing building or water well.
Order was quietly signed on the same day that residents celebrated the energy company’s plea deal on charges of environmental crimes.
Long-suffering residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania, feel cautiously hopeful after Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro announces plea deal with natural gas company.
The Democratic and Republican hopefuls diverge on most issues, though not on support of fracking.
The California governor has so far approved more than 8,000 fossil fuel permits on private and state lands.
A collection of holiday themed “fractoids” recently promoted New Mexico’s oil and gas industry. Many suffered from a lack of facts.
A look back at some of Capital & Main’s coverage of 2020.
The Newsom administration has established a pattern of approving permits during busy news cycles.
If California’s new governor had looked too good to be true in his first months in office, environmentalists would soon learn the truth.
Northwestern New Mexico’s fossil-fueled economy is cratering. Will departing drillers clean up after themselves?
Considering climate change’s existential threat, the dearth of regional reporting on the corporate forces driving global warming is striking.
Why climate advocates say funding the unproven technology is a costly mistake.
While California was convulsed by COVID-19 and George Floyd’s death, the governor gave Big Oil a big gift.
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have big climate goals. Here’s how they can reach them.
Co-published by Westword
The total absence of climate change discussion in Colorado’s 2018 election was striking, considering the state’s intensified floods, droughts and wildfires.
Co-published by Westword
Fallout from Colorado’s Amendment 74 could land on all states’ efforts to curb pollution and climate change.
Co-published by WNYC New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration delayed — rather than blocked — a fracked-gas pipeline project just before Cuomo hired Maggie Moran, a registered lobbyist for the pipeline’s parent company, to run his reelection campaign.
Co-published by Newsweek
There’s something hinky about the governor’s climate leadership, an inconsistency that environmentalists warn will threaten his legacy.