Stories

Ersel Hickey was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather known around his small town of Hoosick Falls, NY as a neighborly, kind man. Just months into his retirement, he was told he had cancer. This is the story of how his grieving son looked into where that cancer could have come from and found out way more about his town’s water than he bargained for.

When Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners came to Chester and Delaware counties just outside of Philadelphia to push their plans to drill, they didn't dream that Ginny and her community would put up the fight that they have. Now that these neighbors have had some success in tangling Sunoco's plans, they're planning to fight even harder to get the company's pipelines out of their yards.   

When banned drugs are found in random samples of meat, you would hope it would trigger an investigation of how the drugs are getting there. Instead, the USDA has been refusing to act. Why?

A team of Duke University researchers are delivering a truth that’s hard to swallow — fracking is resulting in the disappearance of usable water. Will the people listen and do something in time?

The plastics industry sees fracking as a huge opportunity for their profit margins. But plastic has already entered our food and water supply and our bodies—one more reason we need to move off fossil fuels before the problem gets even worse.

Jerry Brown may not deny climate change the way Donald Trump does, but that by no means makes him a climate champion. 

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A Sempra Energy VP tells an audience of energy execs and journalists that the technology is available now to power California entirely by renewable energy. He walks back his comments after they are reported in the media.

“If you’re driving a movement forward that will be long-term and sustainable, you can’t just talk to the people you agree with.”

At the launch of the Off Fossil Fuels campaign, Florida activist Brenda Probasco shared how she's made a difference in the fight for a statewide fracking ban.