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Freelance reporter covering environmental stories based in the PNW. Previously with Al Jazeera America in New York City, and Al Jazeera English in Doha, Qatar

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How Texas’ oil fracking boom tore a “highway of death” through this tiny town

Renee Lewis/Vice News LOVING COUNTY, Texas — Every day, about 10,000 cars, trucks, and oil tankers race along U.S. Route … More

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Record Number of Americans Worried about Climate Change, but will it matter?

The number of Americans who worry “a great deal” about climate change rose from 37 percent in 2016 to 45 … More

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Group seeks fracking ban in Texas town

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Feb. 19, 2014 A group of residents from a heavily drilled Texas … More

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Red Cross offers Oklahomans free earthquake app

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Feb. 18, 2014  The Red Cross is offering a free earthquake app … More

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Study: Fracking fluids could disrupt hormones, raise infertility risk

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Dec. 17, 2013 Fluid used in hydraulic fracturing — better known simply … More

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Shale gas company loses bid to halt Canada protests

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Oct. 21, 2013 A Canadian court ruled Monday to deny an energy … More

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House Democrats call for hearing on oil and gas spills in Colorado floods

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Sept. 29, 3013 Two House Democrats are urging Congress to investigate oil and … More

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Oil spills in flood-hit Colorado raise concerns over industry regulation

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Sept. 19, 2013 At least two large oil spills have been confirmed … More

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New study links fracking to birth defects in heavily drilled Colorado

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Jan. 30, 2013 Living near hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — sites may increase … More

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