EARTHblog - Earthworks

So much is at stake right now. Across the world, people are fighting for their environment, their health, and their communities.
When we began to compile story ideas for our Fall 2018 Earthworks Journal, one of our biggest challenges was to try and distill so many stories into a limited amount of space. As the team decided on which stories to highlight, one thing became clear...

Last week, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–the first city in the world to ban the practice of fracking, in a state second only to Texas for its production of shale gas. But Mr...

Tyler Rivlin co-authored this blog with Leann Leiter.
No matter where Earthworks’ field staff go, we see the oil and gas industry’s air pollution. Whether visiting a new facility or returning to notorious polluters, the Community Empowerment Project continually documents air pollution all over the US that...

Without closing regulatory loopholes for the oil and gas industry, the EPA’s latest produced water study won’t protect anything but the industry’s bottom line.
On October 9th, the U.S. EPA held a public meeting about its “holistic” study of oil and gas liquid waste – aka produced water – management among states and tribes. EPA’s presentation of their study thus far was reasoned and well-rounded, pointing out...