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The Latest Breaking News from Fracking

Founded by Trump's energy secretary, Liberty Energy aims to lead the AI-driven fracking future

The future of the autonomous, AI-powered oilfield is becoming a reality

Fortune

The roughneck is slowly disappearing from the oilfield as AI and automation take over

Many thousands of energy jobs are shed amid lower oil prices, efficiency gains, consolidation, and the advent of autonomous AI drilling and fracking operations.

Fortune

‘Drill baby, drill’: Reform UK zero in on Ed Miliband’s climate policies

From fracking to North Sea drilling, party’s leaders and members give climate solutions the cold shoulder at conference

The Guardian - UK

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Reform’s pro-fracking stance could divide potential voters, research shows

Exclusive: Policy lacks support in areas where drilling could start – many of which have Reform MPs or are target seats

The Guardian - UK

U.S. shale oil boom transforms from money treadmill into cash cow, Chevron president says

Chevron slows down in the booming Permian as it looks to international growth.

Fortune

The Oil Wells Near the Denver Suburbs Worried Her. The Health Risk Alarmed Her Even More.

Recently retired Colorado scientist Lisa McKenzie chased the link between fracking and adverse birth outcomes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Capital & Main

Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company

Lidia Thorpe, David Pocock and the Greens demand action after Good Advice and Empire Energy allegedly offered private deals to traditional owners to smooth the way for gas sales

The Guardian - AU

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$Morning Mail: Iran hits US base, leaked files reveal fracking influence claims, call for teenage YouTube ban$

Morning Mail: Iran hits US base, leaked files reveal fracking influence claims, call for teenage YouTube ban

Tehran hails ‘success’ but US dismisses attack on Qatar air base as ‘symbolic’; Guardian Australia investigation reveals role of consulting company in Northern Territory

The Guardian - AU

$How an obscure consultancy firm is helping fracking companies influence traditional owners$

How an obscure consultancy firm is helping fracking companies influence traditional owners

Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

The Guardian - AU

Fracking company hits out at 'failed' legal challenges

A bid to stop a key fracking project has been dismissed as another "failed" attempt to deny economic and social benefits to a long-overlooked community.

AAP

Federal Labor ministers at odds over contentious NT gas pipeline decision, internal document shows

Exclusive: Agriculture minister Julie Collins and Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy expressed concern over Sturt Plateau pipeline’s construction

The Guardian - AU

Oil companies win protections from Texas Legislature ahead of selling fracking water

At least four companies say they are prepared to treat the water well enough to be released into rivers in West Texas. Environmental groups say the state is moving too fast.

The Texas Tribune

US oil firms pumping secret chemicals into ground and not fully reporting it

Study shows firms in Colorado, including Chevron, have pumped 30m lbs of chemicals in 18 months without meeting all disclosure rules

The Guardian - US

Oil companies want protection as Texas considers allowing treated fracking water released into rivers

As the state grapples with a threatened water supply, industry and lawmakers have invested millions in research to clean the toxic backwash for use in for agriculture.

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Can Texas clean up fracking water enough to use for farming? One company thinks so.

The Texas Legislature has also invested millions in research to clean the fracking wastewater. Critics say it’s not a viable solution to the state’s water crisis.

Capital & Main

Fracking-Powered Crypto Mine in Pennsylvania Shuts Down Without Word to Regulators

State inspectors find site abandoned, raising concerns about pollution from unplugged wells across Appalachia.

AAP

Australia urged to walk away from gas for renewables

Both major parties are going into an election promising to increase gas production, even though the majority of Australians want more renewables.

Capital & Main

Gas Operator Fined $1.9 Million for Damaging Wetlands Is on Trump’s ‘Fast Track’ Approval List

Fracking operation is among more than 600 controversial projects the president wants to expedite to combat the nation's 'energy emergency'

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Coca-Cola and Unilever among dozens of plastic brands tied to Texas fracking, investigation reveals

More than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals have been traced to fracking in the Permian Basin, one of the world’s ‘carbon bombs’.

Capital & Main

The Little Town That Stood Up to Big Oil

How one Pennsylvania community pushed the fracking industry away from their homes and schools, even as statewide efforts have stalled.

The Guardian - UK

We aren’t fracking in North Yorkshire

Letter: William Holland responds to a letter that said that his company, Europa Oil & Gas, was submitting an application for fracking operations

The Guardian - UK

You thought fracking was banned in the UK? Think again

Letter: The government should act to prevent fracking close to one of Britain’s national parks, writes Alan Robertshaw

The Texas Tribune

Large earthquake strikes West Texas, among strongest ever in state

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.

The Independent UK

Huge gas field found under Lincolnshire ‘could fuel UK for decade’

Discovery could boost UK economy by £100bn, but gas would need to be extracted by fracking

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House Passes Bill To Block Future Oil Drilling Bans

Republican-led House passes bill to prevent future fracking bans without congressional approval, in response to concerns over Biden administration's energy...

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