LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett For the seventh time, a government agency has contradicted claims made by environmentalists and found hydraulic fracturing doesn’t pose a grave threat to drinking water. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published a study Wednesday that examined 116 water wells across the energy-rich regions of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana….
Michael Bastasch Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a long answer for all the situations she’s against hydraulic fracturing, eventually admitting there would be very few places where fracking is legally allowed to take place — a near reverse of her past stance while heading the Department of State. “By the time…
Andrew Follett Michigan Democrats want to celebrate Valentine’s Day by “breaking up” with hydraulic fracturing by introducing a bill to ban it across the state. Fracking “has become needy, sucking up a lot of resources and has taken too much control,” Michigan Democratic state Rep. Sarah Roberts, the bill’s sponsor, said during a Thursday press…
Andrew Follett The United States benefited enormously from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in 2015; but media outlets have mostly focused on headlines about earthquakes and aquifer pollution — neither of which have sufficient evidence to draw conclusions. From foreign policy to cheap domestic energy and even booming job growth, here are five key stories the media…