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America Can Be the Oil Capital of the World, and North Dakota Can Be Like Kuwait
Rick Mathews in Energy 1 year ago
The best kept secret in America is that the country is filled with vast amounts of energy resources.
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Fracking Exposed: Shocking New Report Links Drilling With Breast Cancer and Women's Violence
Sara Jerving in Energy 1 year ago
Chemicals used in fracking have been linked to breast cancer and reproductive health problems, and there have been reports of rises in crimes against women in some fracking "boom" towns.
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How Israel Will Become Oil-Free Through an Electric Car Grid
Leah Karchmer in Energy 1 year ago
Israel has bought into a plan to became the first nation in the world to commit to the implementation of an all-electric car infrastructure.
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Mayflower Oil Spill: Thought Oil Was Bad Enough? Try Air Poisoning
Steve Horn in Energy 2 weeks ago
ExxonMobil's Pegasus tar sands pipeline spill dumped over 500,000 gallons of toxic crude into a small Arkansas town. Now an independent study confirms it's poisoning the town's air.
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NYC Power Outage: How the Energy Grid Works and Why It Takes So Long to Get Power Back
Marni Chan in Energy 6 months ago
NYC faces a historic power outage. PolicyMic talks to an energy expert to find out how exactly the power grid works, how it broke down, and why it will take so long to repair.
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Why Does Exxon Control the No-Fly Zone Over Arkansas Tar Sands Spill?
Steve Horn in Energy 1 month ago
ExxonMobil is overseeing the FAA no fly zone in Mayflower, Arkansas, the site of a recent major ExxonMobil Pegasus tar sands pipeline spill. Sound suspicious?
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Anti-Fracking Occupy Protester Camp Raided By Police in Pennsylvania
Sara Jerving in Energy 11 months ago
This move by water company Aqua America could be premonitory of upcoming battles over the role of for-profit water companies in capitalizing on fracking to the detriment of people’s needs.
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The Sky is Pink: Josh Fox Film Wants Drillers to Get the Frack out of New York
Curt Ventresca in Energy 11 months ago
Filmmaker Josh Fox's new short film, "The Sky is Pink," shines a spotlight on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and pressures him to ban hydrofracking in New York state.
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