East Liverpool, a small city by the Ohio river, is a cancer-ridden dumping ground for the detritus of the global economy, writes Caitlin Johnson. With its filthy power station, coal ash lake, 1,300 fracking wells, silica sand mountains and a huge toxic waste incinerator, the city's people need your help in their fight for environmental justice.
… comments: "We could restore towns and cities like East Liverpool. I mean, we spend … a dime towards fixing up our old towns and cities that served as the country's foundry." …
Denton's 59-41 vote to ban fracking has got right up the nose of the state's fossil fuel elite, writes Julie Dermansky. The Texas city has already been hit with two lawsuits - but it's going to fight them all the way, with a $4 million legal fund ready and waiting.
… to take away home rule powers from cities that stand up to the oil and … points out that politicians trying to crush cities' rights to home rule goes against the …
Fort Collins and Lafayette are the targets of lawsuits by Colorado frackers, who claim that local bans on fracking within City boundaries violate State laws.
… Frackers sue Colorado frack-free cities The Ecologist | 4th November 2013 News … Court that fracking cannot be banned by Cities because State law precedes local …
Natural gas could be a game changer for one impoverished Ohio city. But there are serious environmental and social risks associated with extracting it, reports Dimiter Kenarov
Youngstown: where the promise and curse of shale gas collide Dimiter Kenarov | 28th February 2013 News Fracking Shale Gas News Energy Politics And Economics andrew image 2.jpg Natural gas could be a …
Deep in the Algerian Sahara, the oasis town of Ain Salah is a focus of opposition to a new wave of fracking, with violent confrontations between police and up to 40,000 protestors, writes Alexander Reid Ross. They have two main concerns: preventing pollution to the aquifer that sustains them, and keeping out foreign oil giants like Total and Halliburton.
Algeria: fracking and the Ain Salah uprising Alexander Reid Ross | 14th March 2015 News Algeria Africa Fracking Fossil Fuels Corporations algeria-beware-camels-cut.jpg Deep in the Algerian Sahara, …
Gas flaring of natural at shale oil wells is carried out on such a scale in North Dakota and Texas that 'phantom cities' show up at night in satellite photos, writes Sharon Kelly. Billions of dollars worth of gas are going up in smoke, adding to CO2 emissions - but far worse for the climate is when the gas is 'vented'. Regulators are doing too little, too late.
… scale in North Dakota and Texas that 'phantom cities' show up at night in satellite photos, …
Not only is fracking a massive threat to the UK's water, argues John Ward - it's a dead-end technology that will make us pay a heavy price for going precisely nowhere in energy terms.
… the US authorities, to the water use in 40 cities with populations of 50,000 people, or …
Barclays is one of the largest investors in fossil fuels, and has £15.6 billion of assets in oil, gas and coal extradition globally.
XR Manchester protest targets Barclays Staff Reporter | 2nd September 2019 News Change Makers Extinction Rebellion Climate Breakdown Barclays Fracking Mining Finance image.jpg Barclays is one of the …
Increased production from US fracking operations is a major reason for the drop in oil prices, writes Kieran Cooke. But there are warnings that the industry now faces an existential crisis from which it may never recover, as the financial sector faces the prospect of worthless shares and $100s of billions of defaulted debt.
Fracking's future is in doubt as oil price plummets, bonds crash Kieran Cooke | 7th January 2015 News Oil Fracking Gas Finance Energy north_dakota_flaring_of_gas-cut.jpg Increased production from US …
Protests against fracked-gas pipelines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are part of a growing movement of direct-action resistance to extraction. Insider Eric Moll reports from the Frontline of the resistance
Anti-extraction movement in the US gains momentum Eric Moll | 25th March 2013 News Fracking Activist Tar Sand Energy Extraction shutterstock_128585405.jpg Rallies, protests & petition signing aginst …
What do Mr Blobby, Spiderman and Dumbledore have in common? And Bez from 80s rock band Happy Mondays, local residents, farmers, students and solidarity groups from around the UK? These characters assembled for a climate carnival in Lancashire, reports LYDIA NOON
… a busy through-way between the Northwestern cities of Preston and Blackpool, a farmer …
After a five year battle against fracking companies, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that towns and cities can pass zoning laws that forbid fracking and other industrial land uses. The verdict will inspire other communities across the USA to enact similar measures.
… Court of Appeals has ruled that towns and cities can pass zoning laws that forbid …
For Salford school half term, yesterday was designated Children's Day at the Barton Moss Community Protection Camp with crafts, balloons and games. In between the fun, local families witnessed the full force of the Greater Manchester Police Tactical Aid Unit.
Fracking camp: Salford's shock at Barton Moss policing The Salford Star | 19th February 2014 News Fracking Fossil Fuels bm-arrested-4-walking.png For Salford school half term, yesterday was …
The US fracking industry has a dirty secret. It has secured a total of seven loopholes and exemptions that give it the power to pollute at will - and citizens have no comeback. Now it's time to fight back!
Time to end the Cheney / Halliburton loophole The Daily Take the Thom Hartmann Program | 15th February 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Fracking USA fracking-rig.png The US fracking industry has a dirty …
The US's drive to become a top global oil and gas exporter by fracking has been blown wide open by a 96% write-down of California's Monterey Shale - meant to hold two thirds of the US's shale oil. How long before the whole enterprise is exposed as a monstrous Ponzi scheme?
… limits. Canandaigua joins a growing list of cities, towns and villages across New York …
The campaign against fracking began with concerns about the local environment, and the impact on communities. It then took in the global issues of climate change and energy. Now local people are growing ever more concerned about democracy and state power, argues NATALIE BENNETT
'Suffragettes' confront Theresa May over fracking of local democracy Natalie Bennett | 12th September 2018 Comment Suffragists Fracking Local Democracy fb_img_1536600598231.jpg The campaign against …
A consistent pattern is emerging in the UK government's plans and policies, writes Paul Mobbs: the stripping away of human rights and freedoms; the detachment of public institutions from democratic accountability; an increase of the powers of the state; and the empowerment of corporations at the expense of people. We must act to preserve our liberties, while we still can.
… Surveillance, Snowden, and Big Data: Capacities, consequences, critique , Big Data & …
Earthquakes and poisoned wells are setting off a revolt against fracking in Romania, revealing deep fault lines between the rural heartlands and the urban political elite. Jim Wickens & Paraic O'Brien report on a country at war with itself.
… if fracking goes ahead. Solidarity in the cities Hundreds of miles away in the heart of …
Protests to stop climate breakdown and ecological destruction do work - and that's precisely why the UK and other governments are determined to suppress them.
Policing bill threat to ecological protest Alice Swift | 4th May 2021 | News Activism Fracking HS2 Road Protests Climate Camp Editor’s Picks 1_reclaim the power camp.jpg Protests to stop climate …
They tried to influence government - but that's not working any more, writes John Vidal. So Friends of the Earth's new boss is taking a more radical approach rooted in community activism. And as he prepares for a storm of protest over fracking and cuts to wind and solar, he's ready to take on George Osborne in an 'ideological war' for the future of Britain.
FoE's new CEO Craig Bennett: 'We have people on our side everywhere' John Vidal Guardian Environment | 5th September 2015 Comment UK Politics Society Fracking Campaigning craig-cut.jpg They tried to …
Continued production, trade and use of fracked hydrocarbons ‘torpedoes our global efforts to tackle climate change and violates basic human rights’.
Support for worldwide fracking ban Marianne Brooker | 5th March 2020 News Change Makers Fracking Energy Activist Un EU fracking-699657_960_720.jpg Continued production, trade and use of fracked …
The government's relentless drive to frack Britain is an affront to our democratic traditions, John Ashton, the UK's former top climate diplomat, told an enthusiastic audience at an anti-fracking demo outside Parliament this week - and now it's up to us all to make it a core issue in the forthcoming general election.
Dash to frack is an insult to democracy John Ashton | 29th January 2015 Comment Fracking Climate Change Politics Regulation john-ashton-fracking-demo-cut.jpg The government's relentless drive to …