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Large earthquake strikes West Texas, among strongest ever in state

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.

The Texas Tribune

Huge gas field found under Lincolnshire ‘could fuel UK for decade’

Discovery could boost UK economy by £100bn, but gas would need to be extracted by fracking

The Independent UK

House Passes Bill To Block Future Oil Drilling Bans

Republican-led House passes bill to prevent future fracking bans without congressional approval, in response to concerns over Biden administration's energy...

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Colombian President Cancels Fracking Deal Over Environmental Concerns

Colombian President Petro halts Ecopetrol's fracking venture with U.S. company due to environmental concerns. First instance of Colombia blocking Ecopetrol...

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Colombia's president orders national oil company to cancel US venture over environmental concerns

Colombian president Gustavo Petro has ordered the state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel a joint venture with U.S.-based Occidental Petroleum that was expected to produce around 90,000 barrels of oil per day

The Independent UK

US Senate confirms fracking CEO Chris Wright to be Trump’s energy secretary

Liberty Energy executive, who has called climate change activists alarmist, confirmed in vote of 59-38

The Guardian - US

Colorado Fracking CEO Outlines Energy Priorities For Trump Administration

Chris Wright, nominated by Trump for DOE, outlines plans to boost energy production and streamline permitting.

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Fracking ‘plausible’ trigger for swarm of earthquakes near Gatwick

Hundreds of people reported the tremors that took place over two years in villages in Surrey and Sussex

The Independent UK

Growing oil industry support for methane reduction rule could help it survive Trump’s return

Texas regulators are taking public comment about how they should implement an EPA rule to reduce methane leaks from the oil and gas industry.

The Texas Tribune

$Water trigger laws used in court bid to block fracking$

Water trigger laws used in court bid to block fracking

Lock the Gate Alliance has launched the first legal challenge to fracking under the water trigger in Australia's national environment laws.

AAP

Atlas Energy Solutions: A New Star in the SmallCap 600 Index

Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. (NYSE: AES) is North America’s largest proppant producer used in hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" for oil and gas extraction.

MarketBeat

$Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin$

Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin

Environmentalists say appointment of Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright highlights US interests ‘driving fracking’ in Northern Territory

The Guardian - AU

Trump nominates climate change sceptic Chris Wright as energy secretary

Chris Wright, a fracking magnate, has said ‘there is no climate crisis’ and champions fossil fuel production.

Al Jazeera

Donald Trump picks climate change sceptic Chris Wright as US energy secretary

Appointment of fracking chief follows Elon Musk and Robert F Kennedy being given top roles

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Trump Nominates Fracking Magnate, Climate Skeptic Chris Wright As Energy Secretary

'There is no climate crisis,' Liberty Energy founder has declared

The Texas Tribune

Republican Christi Craddick reelected to Railroad Commission, the state’s oil and gas regulatory agency

The three-member board oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry. The agency has faced criticism over safety concerns linked to fracking, well blowouts and groundwater protection.

Al Jazeera

US election 2024: The key issues driving votes in the swing states

We take a look at the major talking points in the battleground states and both candidates’ stance on them.

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Republican Super PAC Robocalls Encourage Support For Green Party

Republican super PAC uses robocalls in Wisconsin to sway progressive voters from Kamala Harris to Jill Stein, citing Israel stance and fracking record.

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The Independent UK

Trump claims Pennsylvania has 500K fracking jobs - in reality, the figure is a tenth of that

Researcher says ‘fracking is not a major driver of employment in Pennsylvania and Appalachia’

AAP

Energy giant targeted in bid to stop fracking pipeline

Traditional owners, doctors and scientists have signed a letter calling on APA Group to end its plans to build a pipeline enabling gas fracking in the NT.

The Guardian - US

‘I’m not voting for either’: fracking’s return stirs fury in Pennsylvania town whose water turned toxic

The small town of Dimock saw its water become brown, undrinkable, even flammable – and its residents are still feeling the effects

Capital & Main

Million Dollar Homes With Oil Wells as Neighbors

As a planned community near the Rockies rises, so do concerns over a fracking operation that would stretch under the homes.

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Harris And Trump Battle For Pennsylvania Swing State Votes

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump campaign in Pennsylvania, focusing on energy industry and fracking in the battleground state.

Texas Observer

How Texas Diminished a Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team

Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality weakened the unit in the years following the onset of the fracking boom. The operation never returned to what it was before.

The Texas Tribune

How Texas’ environmental agency weakened a once-rigorous air pollution monitoring team

Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality gutted the unit soon after the fracking boom swept the state oil industry. The operation never returned to what it was before.

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