Video Investigations: June 2011
A compilation of video investigations gathered by The Erie Wire week-to-week every month. For more information on online investigative reports look to our “Investigative Newswire” feed uploaded in...
View ArticleKeystone XL Pipeline Benefits Questioned by Cornell University Study
What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline — and Why Is It So Controversial? by Lois Beckett for ProPublica By the end of this year, the State Department will decide whether to give a Canadian company...
View ArticleNorth Dakota’s Fracking Spills a ‘Significant Problem’
North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Damage Along With Prosperity by Nicholas Kusnetz for ProPublica Oil drilling has sparked a frenzied prosperity in Jeff Keller’s formerly quiet corner of western North...
View ArticleEcoWatch Interviews Public Herald About Fracking & Triple Divide
With high-profile activists like Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon taking a stand against fracking, the controversial drilling practice has been pulled from the periphery and placed in the public's main...
View ArticleFracking Attacks the Fuelers of Economy: From Canada to Pennsylvania
Op-Ed by Jennifer Chesnut On Thursday an editorial appeared in the Erie-Times “Can Erie’s economy gain from fracking?” but failed to mention the impact fracking is having on the health of workers who...
View ArticleWhere’s the Media? The Battle for the Truth About Fracking
Just as Public Herald journalists, Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic, brought the results of their investigative study to the screen, the editorial touted talking points delivered by Governor...
View ArticleOil & Gas Worker Deaths Increase Over 100 Percent Since 2009
On-The-Job Deaths Spiking As Oil Drilling Quickly Expands by Andrew Schneider & Marilyn Geewax for NPR Blue-collar workers, hit hard by automation and factory offshoring, have been struggling to...
View ArticlePennsylvania Resident Shares Her Thoughts About Fracking Regulations
First, I would like to point out that regulations will not accomplish their protective goals unless there is good enforcement of the regulations. This must be done by levying fines high enough to act...
View Article10,000 miles. 0 Gasoline. Cross-Country Tour Of Fracking Investigation Will...
Investigative News Team Screening ‘Triple Divide’ Across U.S. What do fracking and the car of the future have in common? This summer, communities across the Unites States will have the opportunity to...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Newspapers Keep Fracking Data in the Dark
The major newspapers of Raleigh-Durham, Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina all passed on publishing this editorial about proposed fracking regulations for North Carolina and how it relates to...
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