Refused to Give Up, Refused to Give In

Leslie Roeder, an advocate with New Yorkers Against Fracking, celebrates in 2014 after Govenor Cuomo announced he would ban hydraulic fracking.

New York State's ban on fracking is a hard-fought victory that will no doubt have reverberations around the world, so what’s next in the fracking fight?

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Shell Doubles Down After Criminal Action

The Kulluk, one of Shell's oil drilling rigs  for the Arctic.

As Shell's operator pleads guilty for a 2012 drilling mess, the oil company is already gearing up to drill again with the same operator and an even bigger and dirtier drilling plan.

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President Obama Earns "C" on Mountaintop Removal Mining Report Card

Kayford Mountain in West Virginia has been devastated by mountaintop removal mining.

The mining industry and its allies have been crying long and hard since President Obama took office, but the other side of the story has not gotten nearly enough attention. The problem is not that President Obama has done too much to regulate coal mining; the problem is that he could do more—much more—to protect the families and communities of Appalachia.

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