A series of natural gas pipeline explosions in Midland County, Texas on Wednesday hospitalized seven people with injuries and highlighted the risks of transporting fossil fuels. Dr. Sandra Steingraber, a New York-based scientist who advocates against hydraulic fracturing—a fossil fuel extraction method also called fracking—tweeted that her
Seven Hospitalized After Fracking Pipelines Explode
The incidents occurred in a region that «is crisscrossed by oil and gas pipelines» and where fossil fuel production is «booming.»