‘The Poster Company for US Fracking Has Fallen’: Chesapeake Energy Files for Bankruptcy

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/29/poster-company-us-fracking-has-fallen-chesapeake-energy-files-bankruptcy Published on Monday, June 29, 2020 by Common Dreams “Meanwhile the Trump administration continues to try and bail out this garbage fire industry with our tax dollars.” By Eoin Higgins, staff writer Flares burning off gas at … Continued

Why Does Pennsylvania Insist on Offering Subsidies to Fracked Gas and Petrochemicals? The Industries Would Collapse Without Them

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Posted at https://www.pennfuture.org/Blog-Item-Why-Does-Pennsylvania-Insist-on-Offering-Subsidies-to-Fracked-Gas-and-Petrochemicals-The-Industries-Would-Collapse-Without-Them February 19, 2020 by Jared Stonesifer, Director of Media Relations Harrisburg policymakers are, again, debating whether to give more taxpayer-funded handouts to the fracking and petrochemical industries. It continues a quiet truth about Pennsylvania’s so-called fracking miracle—without taxpayers padding … Continued

Not ‘Freedom Gas’ But ‘Failure Gas’: First-of-Its-Kind Report Details Planetary Perils of US Fracking Infrastructure Boom

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/not-freedom-gas-failure-gas-first-its-kind-report-details-planetary-perils-us Published on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 “These projects aren’t just associated with health and safety risks: if even a fraction of them come to fruition, they will condemn the planet to a future of climate chaos.” By … Continued