Tag: fracking
David Morris: Hidden Power Grab Stops Communities From Deciding Their Own Futures
May 2013Increasingly states are quashing the power of local governments—and thwarting innovation.
Justin Elliott: Another Layer to Rendell’s Fracking Connections
April 2013The former Pennsylvania governor is a paid consultant of the natural gas industry.
Abrahm Lustgarten: Land Grab Cheats North Dakota Tribes Out of $1 Billion, Suits Allege
February 2013A controversy implicates tribal politicians, Wall Street traders, and oil speculators.
Ellen Cantarow: Frack Fight
November 2012Activists are waging a secret war, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Michael T. Klare: Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney?
June 2012President Obama’s approach to energy policy is surprisingly close Dick Cheney’s. What this tells us about America’s new nationalism.
Michael Klare: A New Energy Third World in North America?
April 2012How the big energy companies plan to turn the United States into a third-world petro-state.
