
Is the fracking industry bribing professors?
The University of Texas plans to organize experts to review a report on fracking after learning that the professor who wrote it is in the pocket of the natural gas industry.

Lax rules letting drillers pollute the earth
The methods are controversial enough. But activists have pointed out that oil and gas drilling have a nasty side effect.

Japan withdraws goal of no nukes by 2040
If the Japanese government continues to cater to corporate interests, critics fear, it will accommodate neither public demand nor scientific fact.

