WHYY

Pa. DEP to require landfills to test for radioactivity from fracking waste

This story originally appeared on StateImpact Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said it will now require all landfills that take solid fracking waste to test their ...
The Boston Globe

What is fracking, and why was it mentioned so much in the presidential debate?

Fracking — the practice of drilling deep into the earth and cracking through layers of tight shale to extract natural gas — was in the spotlight during last night’s debate between Vice President ...
Media Matters for America

CNN's Bill Weir challenges the media narrative that fracking is a presidential litmus test while highlighting its health impacts on PA communities

During the September 6 edition of Anderson Cooper 360, CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir spoke directly to Pennsylvania voters who live in a fracking community. The segment challenges the ...
Cleveland.com

Ohio urgently needs a toughened, more transparent fracking-waste permit process: editorial

Ohio has become a state of easy virtue for readily allowing “fracking waste” – the hazardous byproducts of the high-pressure slurries injected to extract oil and natural gas from shale far below Earth ...
WTAE-TV

Fact-checking the Harris-Trump presidential debate on fracking

FACTS ABOUT THE CANDIDATES CLAIMS. FRACKING IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA, CREATING THOUSANDS OF JOBS, BUT ALSO CAUSING CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT ...