EPA reverses water pollution decision after lobbyist steps in
A Texas mining project was approved despite contamination fears, exposing a troubling pattern of aquifer exemption
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 10:51 PM UTCSocial ProPublica, clean water
Abrahm Lustgarten
Social ProPublica, clean water
Land grab cheats North Dakota tribes out of $1 billion, suits allege
And is the federal government culpable for failing in its legal obligation to ensure the tribes got a fair deal?
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 7:43 PM UTCLife ProPublica, Native Americans
U.S. polluting water it may someday drink
Regulators have long deemed deep aquifers too expensive to tap, but what happens if traditional reservoirs dry up?
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 9:59 PM UTCPolitics ProPublica, Los Angeles Times
On a Wyoming ranch, feds sacrifice water for uranium
John Christensen has allowed prospectors to tap oil and gas beneath his land. It's been a Faustian bargain
Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 7:00 PM UTCPolitics ProPublica, Wyoming, Oil, Gas
Federal government poisons America’s wells
Countless energy and mining companies have been granted permission to pollute aquifers across the country
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 7:51 PM UTCPolitics ProPublica, EPA, Aquifers
The trillion-gallon wastewater loophole
State and federal regulators often do little to confirm what pollutants go into wells for drilling waste
Saturday, Sep 22, 2012 2:00 PM UTCNews Environment, fracking, ProPublica
Injection wells: The poison beneath us
The hidden risks of pumping waste underground
Thursday, Jun 21, 2012 3:33 PM UTCPolitics Environment, Energy
The New “Dallas”: Sex, scandal and U.S. energy policy
The resurrected show reflects the nation's energy concerns
Monday, Jun 18, 2012 4:17 PM UTCPolitics Energy, Television
Gulf spill criminals
Two years on, the Feds have filed charges against a former BP employee for destroying critical evidence
Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012 9:46 PM UTC 15Politics Gulf Oil Spill
The FRAC Act under attack
Are Democrats going wobbly as energy companies resist curbs on the natural gas drilling practice known as fracking?
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009 10:17 AM UTC 14All Salon Environment, Cancer
The toxic fallout of 9/11
Despite early assurances from the Bush administration, new studies show alarming health problems and risks related to the cloud of debris that enveloped lower Manhattan.
Friday, Aug 15, 2003 6:57 PM UTCNews George W. Bush, New York City
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