In 1998, David Fisher came to Conway with the dream of establishing a farm that would embody his ecological ideals and reverence for all life. Greenfield Recorder, Massachusetts. Aug 27 2015
http://www.buylocalfood.org/pipeline-worries-natural-roots-farm/
The U.S.’s Environmental Protection Agency has given Australia’s Department of the Environment details of recent fracking study and is peer reviewing papers. The Guardian. Aug 26 2015
WASHINGTON — A coalition of environmental groups is threatening to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not implementing new regulations on the disposal of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing operations.
Huffington Post, 26 August 2015
Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for an outright ban on fracking in North Wales. North Wales Daily Post, United Kingdom. Aug 25 2015
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/hundreds-petition-fracking-north-wales-9920793
Welcome to Quakelahoma, where in less than a decade the state has gone from having about two noticeable earthquakes a year to about two a day. VICE News. Aug 25 2015
The 585 earthquakes that Oklahoma had in 2014 was a lot. But this year, Oklahoma has had more than that in less than nine months. EnergyWire Aug 20 2015
Federal organic standards ban synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, but cancer-causing fracking chemicals are totally fine. Mother Jones Aug 20 2015
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/08/organic-crops-can-be-irrigated-fracking-wastewater
Large areas of Yorkshire, the north-west and the east Midlands are to be opened up to fracking after the government announced it will offer a fresh round of licences for oil and gas exploration. The Guardian Aug 19 2015
Storing carbon underground where it quickly solidifies could be a simple way to prevent toxic chemicals used in fracking contaminating groundwater. New Scientist Aug 19 2015
The rules only apply to new oil and gas sources, not existing ones — which is where most of the leaks are happening. Vox Aug 19 2015
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/18/9172939/EPA-methane-regulations