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What’s so bad about fracking? Here’s what you need to know.

If you’ve been wondering what fracking is and whether it’s good or bad, you’re not alone. It’s a complicated, high tech process whose advocates say

We Can Stop Climate Change. Yes, We Can!

Climate change may be happening, but we can stop it! That was the message loud and clear at the climate rally held yesterday in Washington,

Tune in to the Climate Reality Project’s “Dirty Weather Report”

“Dirty” fuels, like coal, oil and natural gas, emit gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) when they are burned. This CO2 lurks in the atmosphere, creating

Climate Change Impacts on Our Health, Our Homes, Our Families and Our Future

It’s easy to dismiss climate change as a big, confusing, uncertain issue that affects other people living in other parts of the world. But as

How Climate Change Makes Poison Ivy Worse

Poison ivy is getting more poisonous, and climate change is to blame. What’s the connection? Climate change is occurring because burning oil, coal and other

France BANS Fracking. But New York is about to allow it. Huh?

The French Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to ban fracking, a toxic way to extract natural gas from rock thousands of feet below ground and pollutes

Fracking: A Clear and Present Danger

I don’t like to exaggerate the impacts of the many environmental issues we face. But it’s impossible to overstate how dangerous fracking is. Fracking stands

What the Heck is Fracking? And Why Don’t You Want It Anywhere Near Your Water?

It sounds like it could be a new dance (“Let’s do the frack!”). Or maybe it’s a cool way to clean your house (“I really

Nuclear disaster in Japan, oil disaster in the Gulf. What’s next?

The nuclear meltdown in Japan and the recent oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may seem unrelated, but they’re not. Both catastrophes occurred because we’ve made

One Way to Solve Climate Change: Clean Cookstoves

Can a simple stove help solve something as complex as climate change? The United Nations Foundation and its partners at the U.S. State Department, the

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