Tag: oil production

Living With Fracking: New Study Shows How Unhealthy It Really Is To Live Near A Fracking Well

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Living With Fracking: New Study Shows How Unhealthy It Really Is To Live Near A Fracking Well
Health And Fracking: New Study Proves Conclusively That Living Near A Fracking Well Is Bad For You There are certain things we can all take for granted once we’ve reached the age of say, 14 years old: parents aren’t perfect, there is no Santa Claus, and clowns are scary. Here’s another one that you would have thought would be an obvious truism: Living next to a fracking well is bad for your health.… Read the rest

A Massive Protest Against An Oil Pipeline Has Been Going On In North Dakota Since April–Where’s The Media?

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A Massive Protest Against An Oil Pipeline Has Been Going On In North Dakota Since April–Where’s The Media?
Why Aren’t The Media Covering The Massive Protest In North Dakota Stopping A Billion Dollar Oil Pipeline? “If it bleeds, it leads.” That’s an old newspaper truism, illustrating the stark economy of the news business: nobody wants to read about boring legislative actions, but hit them with a juicy murder-suicide and you will almost certainly sell more papers. Which is why it perhaps isn’t so surprising that there has been scant coverage of the standoff between a Native American tribe and a company that is attempting to build a $3.8 billion oil pipeline through their ancestral lands that would eventually reach Illinois.… Read the rest