Texas Congressman Brian Babin (R-TX) believes refugees allowed into the United States should be given priority based on religious affiliation.
A Texas Congressman is calling for an immediate halt to the Obama administration’s plan to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees, saying the plan is a threat to national security and that more should be done to ensure Christian refugees are getting help. Rep. Brian
As Congress continues to debate over Keystone XL, a series of major pipeline failures proves that eventually «All Pipelines Leak,» as protesters often say.
A gas pipeline in Brooke County, West Virginia exploded into a ball of flames on Monday morning, marking the fourth major mishap at a U.S. pipeline this month. No one was hurt in the explosion, but residents told the local WTRF 7 news station that they
“It’s my job to give permits, not Denton’s,” Texas Railroad Commission Chairwoman Christi Craddick said. “We’re going to continue permitting up there because that’s my job.”
On election day, the town of Denton, Texas, voted by a wide margin to ban fracking within the city limits. Two days later, the chairwoman of Texas’ oil and gas regulator said she would not honor the ban. Texas Railroad Commission Chairwoman Christi
One of the most researched human activities that could be causing the dramatic increase in earthquakes is fracking.
Oklahoma’s Geology Survey recorded an unprecedented 20 small earthquakes across the state on Tuesday, highlighting the dramatic increase of seismic activity that has occurred there as the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing — otherwise known as fracking — has spread across the state. Though 18
Daria Hernandez holds her twenty-month-old son, Ivan at her home Wednesday February, 3, 2010 in Kettleman City, Calif. Ivan has suffered through two surgeries to repair a cleft palate and his mother believes it is a birth defect because they live three miles downwind from the biggest hazardous waste landfill west of the Mississippi. (AP […]
The people who face the greatest threat from potential toxic chemical disasters are disproportionately low-income, black, or Latino, according to a study released Thursday by three environmental groups. Compared to the
Empty train cars return to North Dakota’s Bakken formation for crude oil, January 2013. (Photo/Roy Luck via Flickr) 12,000 gallons of crude oil leaked from a Canadian Pacific Railway train on Monday in Minnesota, dribbling oil along the tracks for 68 miles, according to local media reports. Officials at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said Tuesday they […]
12,000 gallons of crude oil leaked from a Canadian Pacific Railway train on Monday in Minnesota, dribbling oil along the tracks for 68 miles, according to local media
Unlike a spill, an out-of-control well blowing gas does not pollute in a traditional, visible sense. Instead, it releases methane — the potent, second-most prevalent greenhouse gas — into the air, contributing to climate change
An “out-of-control” well that began blowing gas into the air on Thursday is still not under control as of Friday morning,
