The Latest Breaking News from Fracking

Farris and Dan Wilks’ deep pockets fund climate denialism education, conservative politicians and pro-fossil fuel projects

Recent studies from the US have seen evidence for health harms from oil and gas projects grow ‘substantially stronger’, experts say

We are seeing deadly heat and fires circle the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns we are fast running out of time to secure a liveable and sustainable future. Without emergency action to stop mining and burning fossil fuels, the world faces an unthinkable 2.8℃ temperature rise.

Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.

Researchers are still studying the chemical makeup of “produced water” from Permian Basin oil fields. But regulators say they’re ready to issue permits to discharge the water into rivers and creeks.

Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are preparing to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and pediatric cancer, asthma and poor birth outcomes

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Natasha Fyles tells National Press Club that Northern Territory is ‘not for turning’ on the project

A big drilling rig is on its way to the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory as protests are held against the operation.

The Northern Territory government’s plan to turn 100,000 hectares over to large-scale crops such as cotton and its support for onshore gas extraction is threatening the world’s largest intact tropical savanna.

The group asked Boris Johnson to end environmental levies on household energy and end the ban on fracking