By Marco Torres Guest Writer for Wake Up World More than 15 million Americans, are now estimated to live within one mile of a natural gas well drilled since 2000. Those numbers are increasing...
Category - Fracking
Wake Up World’s articles on Fracking (politely known as Coal Seam Gas Drilling).
Fracking: A Silent Death Sweeps Across the World
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Farmland is tainted. Drinking water is flammable. And humans along with animals are sick. The cause? Fracking. It’s terrorizing...
The Dark Underbelly of Sustainable Development: Agenda 21
23rd April 2013 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Sustainable development has been the catchphrase of the environmental movement for over 20 years and rarely are...
Carcinogenic Chemicals Polluting Water Supply Through Fracking
By Anthony Gucciardi Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Fracking has been known to be cause environmental and health damage. Doctors have begun warning the United States government along with gas...
We’ll Frack Alberta’s Next Election, Vow Landowners
30th January 2012 By Andrew Nikiforuk – thetyee.ca Drilling accident fuels rebellion demanding halt to hydraulic fracturing. One of Alberta’s largest landowner groups says it...
Doctors Urge US Government to Halt Fracking Over Health Concerns
16th January 2012 By Anthony Gucciardi Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Doctors are warning United States government officials and gas producers about the dangers of hydraulic fracking...
Latest EPA Study: Ground Water Contamination “Consistent With” Fracking
16th December 2011 By Pam Kasey – statejournal.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft analysis Dec. 8 of data of its investigation of groundwater quality in the gas...
The US Federal Gov Knew: 50 Years of Fracking Induced Earthquakes
13th December 2011 By Rady Ananda – Food Freedom Washington’s Blog posted some info last August confirming that the US federal government has long known of the link between...
“Stage 2” Gulf of Mexico Environmental Disaster – New BP Oil Drilling Permits amid 28,000 Unmonitored Abandoned Wells
11th December 2011 By Rady Ananda – foodfreedom.wordpress.com Since BP’s catastrophic Macondo Blowout in the Gulf of Mexico last year, the Obama Administration has granted nearly...
Progressive Farmer’s March Seeks to Bridge the Urban-Rural Divide
9th December 2011 By Anna Lekas Miller – AlterNet “I have a confession to make,” said Jim Gerritsen, an organic seed farmer from northern Maine, “This is my...
Another Admission – UK Fracking Company Admits They Are Causing Earthquakes
By Nick Jardine – businessinsider.com Following seismic tremors in North-West England this Spring, the firm exploring for natural shale gas in the region has admitted that the disturbances were...
CONFIRMED – Link Between Fracking and Earthquakes
By. John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com On 5 November 2011 an earthquake measuring 5.6 rattled Oklahoma and was felt as far away as Illinois. Until two years ago Oklahoma typically had about 50...