It’s finally summer: The time of year when your kids run through the sprinklers, munch on watermelon, and whip out their crayons to scribble in coloring book pages of fracking wells and gas pipes.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Missing from the narrative, though, is the term “fracking,” or any of its synonyms.