Operation Fiscal Bluff
How the “Fix the Debt” Budget Lobby is Protecting Billions in Defense Contracts for its Corporate Backers
New DEP water contamination policies (again) raise the specter of political interference
This past March, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection faced controversy when an e-mail leaked to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette revealed a new agency policy requiring any Marcellus Shale permitting or
Investigation Obstructed
An Analysis of the SUNY-Ordered University at Buffalo Review of the Shale Resources and Society Institute
Penn State faculty refuse to co-author frackademic report
The Marcellus Shale Coalition has canceled its series of economic reports formerly issued through Pennsylvania State University when no Penn State faculty would agree to put their name on it.
“Nonsense” and UB’s Shale Resources and Society Institute
In recent interviews, Dr. Bruce Pitman, the dean of the University at Buffalo’s College of Arts and Sciences responded to PAI’s criticism of a study published this summer by the
The Scope of the University of Texas Fracking Review
Last week, the University of Texas at Austin announced that “three nationally renowned leaders in science, public service and higher education” would review the industry-friendly report issued in February by
New York’s Fracking Investments
A recent Buffalo News article about New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s shareholder activism through the state’s pension fund mentions his interactions with the natural gas industry. According to the Buffalo News, DiNapoli
Frackademics: The Ohio Shale Coalition Team
With the University of Texas assembling a panel to review a February study from the Energy Institute at UT Austin following PAI’s report “Contaminated Inquiry”, there has been a flurry
Contaminated Inquiry
How a University of Texas Fracking Study Led by a Gas Industry Insider Spun the Facts and Misled the Public
Frackademics: Timothy Considine – Analyst or Advocate?
Businesses in controversial industries often turn to the academy for evidence exculpating them for the harm that they do, with trade groups funding “scholarly” reports claiming that their products and