Gasbag

Documentary gins up fears, plays loose with the facts
Josh Fox / AP

Gasland Part II, the latest film from environmental activist Josh Fox, contains not only emotional appeals against natural gas extraction but also factual inaccuracies and omissions.

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Yoko Ono’s anti-fracking group criticized for failing to register as lobbyists in NY
Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon visit fracking site / AP

An oil and gas industry association has filed an ethics complaint against a celebrity-backed fracking group, arguing that the group is violating New York lobbying laws by failing to register as a lobbying organization.

IMF to Filmmaker: No Criticism of Russia Allowed

Documentarian backs out of conference after hosts attempt to censor him
Phelim McAleer / AP

The director of a documentary on fracking has withdrawn from a conference hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Oxford University after organizers refused to screen a clip from his film that was critical of Russia.

Yoko Sets Her Sights on Breaking Up Fracking

Full-page ad asks Cuomo to ‘imagine there’s no fracking’
Fracking in Pennsylvania / AP

Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon took out a full-page ad in the New York Times Monday to protest natural gas fracking in New York state.

Powering America

Candidates provide different paths for American energy economy
AP Images

The United States sits atop massive energy resources that could, if developed, drive down energy prices and spur the economy. And the two presidential candidates’ energy policies approach this opportunity in very different ways, experts say.

DOT to Truckers: Frack No

Regulation would have limited trucking industry’s ability to support fracking
DOT Secretary Ray LaHood / Wikimedia Commons

An agency of the Department of Transportation (DOT) is walking back an onerous rule change that would have primarily affected trucks at fracking sites after GOP congressmen and industry officials have cried foul.