
What is it about natural gas fracking that environmentalists hate so much?
Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting natural gas.

Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting natural gas.
Sustainable parenting isn’t easy given all the ways modern society has become largely a profusion of disposable products.
Studies show that the typical combustion engine has a lifetime expectation of about 200,000 miles. For the average American, reaching this mileage takes about 14 years.
Breast, colorectal and lung cancers accounted for more than 688,000 new cancer diagnoses in 2023, which reflect racial and ethnic disparity.
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that spam email takes a huge toll on the environment? – P.L., Bern, NC If you are among the 92 percent of Americans who use email as a means of communication, you are a recipient of unsolicited batch emails called “spam.” Every day, upwards of 14.5 billion spam emails are…
Virginia Naturally Schools is the DWR’s official environmental education school recognition program in the Commonwealth.
The Southern Environmental Law Center is challenging the move by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
The shipping industry emits around 3 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions annually, which is a comparable figure to that of the widely known airline industry’s footprint.
The Virginia League of Conservation Voters released its annual scorecard ranking all members of the legislature based on their votes on environmental issues.
The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a brief last week on behalf of The Wilderness Society in an effort to fight the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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