Many thanks to our stellar volunteers for helping us power through the Moor Frog phase of our FrackFinder mission. With the help of dozens of volunteers we were able to power through 4,140 sites and identify 7,835 ponds around active wellpads. Give yourselves some serious high-fives! BUT, our work is not done. Today, we launch into […]
This is NOT a fundraising request or a list of ways to be more “eco-friendly” in 2014. We figure you are already doing the best you can about those “green” things… The “green” we’re hoping for has to do with a frog – Project Moor Frog. [This project used Google Maps Engine, which has been discontinued […]
That was fast! We are almost back to that arbitrary point in the Earth’s orbit that most people recognize as the end of the year. That means you’re almost out of time to send some money to causes you care about in exchange for a smaller tax bill next year. So instead of letting Congress […]
Do you care about the public and environmental health issues associated with fracking, have a computer, and are at least a little familiar with Google Maps? Then you can help map fracking ponds all across Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale! UPDATE: Project Moor Frog was completed in January 2014, check our frack.skytruth.org/frackfinder to see the latest FrackFinder project. […]
We used to think only big commercial mining operations could have a significant environmental impact. These images gave us a schooling. The cumulative impact from many small, artisanal mining operations can result in just as big a mess as a conventional open-pit mine. As reported in The Guardian and captured on video by the Carnegie […]