Nicholas Kusnetz has written for ProPublica, Fast Company, High Country News and other publications. He was a 2011 Middlebury Fellow in Environmental Journalism.
As the Democratic governor considers whether to allow the controversial gas drilling practice, anti-fracking forces vow to stop it—even if they have to go to jail to do so.
Conservative groups backed by wealthy donors are attacking the legislation at the state level.
Meet ALEC, the organization proudly devoted to drafting pro-corporate laws for legislators.
The Bronx bears the environmental burden of supporting a city of 8 million people, and is saddled with a 14 percent unemployment rate. That makes it the perfect laboratory for green jobs initiatives.