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$Company admits fracking caused quakes$

Company admits fracking caused quakes

November 15, 2011 By Blake Skylar

In the race to obtain gas, many companies have taken to tampering with large underground deposits, using a process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to retrieve it.

12,000 ring White House to protest tar sands pipeline

November 7, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

An estimated 12,000 tar sands protesters encircled the White House, Nov. 6, chanting, "Stop the pipeline, stop the greed, and give the people what they need."

From grime to green: Chinese city transforms

October 19, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Shenyang, China - population 8 million - was once heavily polluted by blankets of soot and smog. Now, it is transforming itself into a growing center for green technology.

Activists rally outside Ohio Governor Kasich’s energy summit

September 28, 2011 By Anne Caruso

Environmental activists rallied outside the Ohio State University Student Union, where Republican Gov. John Kasich held an energy summit.

French nuclear site rocked by explosion

September 13, 2011 By Blake Skylar

On September 12, an explosion at Marcoule, a nuclear facility in southern France, killed one person and injured four.