After a decade of U.S. oil and gas companies spending beyond their means, a debate is underway in the energy and investment sectors on whether to keep pumping money into oil fields to keep the boom going full-speed. Or with interest rates rising and investors demanding better returns, are fracking firms going to have to live within their cash flows?
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AGENTS OF CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICEADRIFT: COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONT LINES OF PESTICIDE EXPOSUREBPA'S EVIL COUSINPFAS ON OUR SHELVES AND IN OUR BODIESFRACTURED: THE BODY BURDEN OF LIVING NEAR FRACKINGEXPOSED: HOW WILLFUL BLINDNESS KEEPS BPA ON SHELVESBREATHLESS: PITTSBURGH'S ASTHMA EPIDEMICPEAK PIG: THE FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF RURAL AMERICA
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AGENTS OF CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICEADRIFT: COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONT LINES OF PESTICIDE EXPOSUREBPA'S EVIL COUSINPFAS ON OUR SHELVES AND IN OUR BODIESFRACTURED: THE BODY BURDEN OF LIVING NEAR FRACKINGEXPOSED: HOW WILLFUL BLINDNESS KEEPS BPA ON SHELVESBREATHLESS: PITTSBURGH'S ASTHMA EPIDEMICPEAK PIG: THE FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF RURAL AMERICA
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Peter Dykstra has worked on environmental issues for decades. He is based in Conyers, Ga., and is a former publisher and weekend editor at Environmental Health News and The Daily Climate. He is a contributor to Public Radio International’s Living On Earth.
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