In the middle of his usual rounds, a worker at a fruit farm near the town of Villa Manzano heard a rushing sound coming from one of the oilwells on the site. He hurried to the farmhouse and told his boss. Within hours, the farm was crowded with trucks from […]
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Exxon Mobil fracking boss arrested at budget hotel for alleged sexual assault By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 BST, 9 October 2023 The head of Exxon Mobil’s shale oil and gas business was arrested at a budget hotel last week for an alleged sexual assault. David Scott, […]
In a sagebrush valley full of wind turbines and solar panels in western Utah, Tim Latimer gazed up at a very different device he believes could be just as powerful for fighting climate change — maybe even more. It was a drilling rig, of all things, transplanted from the oil […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Children who lived closer to natural gas wells in heavily drilled Pennsylvania were more likely to develop a relatively rare form of cancer, and nearby residents of all ages had an increased chance of severe asthma reactions, researchers said in reports released Tuesday evening. The taxpayer-funded research […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania were preparing Tuesday to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and pediatric cancer, asthma and poor birth outcomes. The four-year, $2.5 million project is wrapping up after the state’s former governor, Democrat Tom Wolf, […]
Activists have launched a legal challenge to the Northern Territory government’s decision to approve drilling and fracking by resources company Tamboran in the Beetaloo basin. The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance (Caffa) is asking the NT supreme court to review the process that led to the approval of Tamboran’s environmental […]
Fracking firms plan £1bn legal fight over ban after Government suddenly changed mind on shale gas extraction Companies connected to sector considering launching one or multiple cases Liz Truss lifted moratorium on fracking during her brief prime ministership Companies and investors furious after moratorium reimposed by Rishi Sunak By Francesca […]
The sun was shining and the wind blowing steadily across Jacob Rees-Mogg’s manicured garden and the Somerset hills beyond. “It’s obvious on a day like this, isn’t it?” said Gary Marsh, a stonemason and a neighbour of the business secretary and Conservative MP for North East Somerset. “We should be […]