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IDNR Postpones Public Hearing in Effingham Due to Inclement Weather
IDNR Postpones HVHF Public Hearing in Effingham Due to Inclement Weather Hearing rescheduled for December 16, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:...
Dec 5, 20131 min read
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Fight Fracking Infrastructure
An upstate New York community is fighting the expansion of a gas storage facility near beautiful Seneca Lake. If completed, it could...
Oct 4, 20132 min read
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Great Ohio River Relay Highlights Impacts of Fracking on Water Resources
EcoWatch August 25, 2013 Wheeling Water Warriors The relay is designed to attract national attention to the environmental issue of...
Aug 25, 20132 min read
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Petition to Ban Fracking on Public Lands
Click here http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/fracking-on-public-lands/ to sign the Food and Water Watch petition to ban...
Aug 23, 20131 min read
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Five Ways to Stop President Obama’s Plan to Frack America
From Ecowatch: When President Obama delivered his speech on climate change in June, we all welcomed his renewed focus on this crisis....
Aug 23, 20131 min read
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Fracking Independence Day: Frontline Group SAFE Appeals for Support and Action
Posted in Huffington Post by Jeff Biggers on 07/03/2013 The fracking rush in the heartland may have been unleashed by ill-conceived...
Jul 3, 201312 min read
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Sierra Club Petition for a Moratorium on Fracking in IL!
Sierra Club Illinois Chapter has a new fracking moratorium petition! SIGN THIS PETITION HERE!
Mar 23, 20131 min read
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Sign SAFE’s NEW Petition for a Moratorium on Fracking in IL!
Don’t Frack Illinois! We Need a Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing with a Science-Based Investigative Task Force! By Dr. Lora Chamberlain...
Jan 23, 20132 min read
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Protect Starved Rock From Frac Sand Pollution
In December of 2011, the LaSalle County Zoning Board voted unanimously to recommend giving Mississippi Sand, LLC a special use permit to...
Nov 30, 20122 min read
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Tell Illinois Legislators to Stop Fracking in Illinois
Fracking could come to Illinois at any time! That’s why we need a statewide moratorium against fracking, to stop it before it starts....
Nov 21, 20121 min read
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Attention Hardin, Pope, Hamilton Counties
SAFE needs citizens in Hardin, Pope and Hamilton Counties, who oppose hydraulic fracturing, to contact SAFE and attend public meetings....
Nov 11, 20121 min read
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