SEVENTH Gov’t Study Says Fracking Isn’t A Threat To Groundwater
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SEVENTH Gov’t Study Says Fracking Isn’t A Threat To Groundwater

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….

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Hillary Wants To Ban Fracking After Promoting It In Other Countries For Years

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…

For Valentine’s Day, Democrats Want To ‘Break Up’ With Fracking
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For Valentine’s Day, Democrats Want To ‘Break Up’ With Fracking

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…

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5 Truths About Fracking The Media Missed In 2015

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…