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Physician fleeing Pennsylvania gas wells fights Berkshire pipeline
http://theberkshireedge.com/physician-flees-tracking-fields-pennsylvania/ By Karen Andrews Sunday, Aug 3 Editor’s Note: Karen Andrews has...
Aug 26, 20142 min read
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Anti-fracking groups celebrate stop on bill
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/anti-fracking-groups-celebrate-stop-on-bill/article_8a28d5ee-ad11-5b53-a6f7-0eaafefa6cca.html
Jun 1, 20141 min read
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I Like Clean Energy website
http://www.ilikecleanenergy.org/ Please visit this website for information on moving Illinois forward with clean energy. Thanks!
May 1, 20141 min read
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How to make Illinois into a clean-energy leader
http://grist.org/climate-energy/how-to-make-illinois-into-a-clean-energy-leader/ By David Roberts Shutterstock Illinois is a big deal...
May 1, 20141 min read
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Facing Unprecedented Extraction Crisis, Illinois Environmental Groups Make Call to Action
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-reynolds/illinois-faces-unpreceden_b_5036219.html Will Reynolds Illinois Environmental Politics...
Apr 1, 20144 min read
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Amidst Mega-Drought Hundreds Urge Gov. Brown to Ban Fracking at State of the State Address
Around 200 concerned Californians gathered outside the Capitol building today to urge Gov. Brown (D-CA) to mitigate the state’s drought...
Jan 23, 20141 min read
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2,000+ New Yorkers Rally Against Fracking at Gov. Cuomo’s State of State Address
http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/08/rally-against-fracking-gov-cuomos-state-of-state-address/ Frack Action | January 8, 2014 4:04 pm More than...
Jan 8, 20143 min read
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How Wind Met All of Denmark’s Electricity Needs for 90 Hours
http://www.nationofchange.org/how-wind-met-all-denmark-s-electricity-needs-90-hours-1387207540 Bentham Paulos EcoWatch / News Analysis...
Jan 3, 20144 min read
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Martin Sheen Exposé on Fracking to Air on Public TV
This week, Martin Sheen’s Breakthroughs program released an expose on fracking featuring Environment America to public television...
Dec 6, 20131 min read
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David V. Goliath: Colorado Towns Take On Gas Giants To Rein In Fracking
Read the entire story at http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/30/2854001/colorado-fracking-battle/ By Tom Kenworthy on October 30,...
Nov 5, 20133 min read
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Illinois Hosts Nation’s Worst Website for Kids
October 2, 2013 Jeff Biggers Calling on statewide and national citizens groups and education organizations to join their efforts, the...
Oct 3, 20131 min read
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IKEA: Residential Solar Panels To Go On Sale At Stores In Britain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/ikea-solar-panels-britain_n_4016087.html?ref=topbar Follow: IKEA Pv Solar Panels, IKEA...
Sep 30, 20132 min read
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Record-Breaking Renewable Energy Capacity Pushes Fossil Fuel Plants to Close in Germany
EcoWatch August 23, 2013 Germany’s renewable energy industry has again shown its strength, shattering through another solar power record,...
Aug 25, 20132 min read
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President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Not Even Close
Tom Weis Unfortunately for all of us, the blueprint he presented is more PR than plan, and has zero chance of stabilizing the climate. To...
Aug 12, 20131 min read
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Editorial response: Natural gas is not a bridge to the future
June 20, 2013, 9:28 am By Christopher Shoup Bradley I am writing in response to your June 8 point/counterpoint article titled “The issue...
Jul 1, 20131 min read
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Mass Protest, Not A Speech, Is Needed To Address Climate Change
By Chris Williams, June 27, 2013 Before we get teary eyed with joy or scoff with derision, we should take a closer look at President...
Jul 1, 20131 min read
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656 Wind Turbines Represent $1.9 Billion Record Iowa Investment
Daily Kos Thu May 09, 2013 at 03:32 PM PDT Today’s Des Monies Register has a front page headline in its print edition — 656 wind...
May 10, 20133 min read
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Fact vs. Fiction: How Renewables Outshine Fracking
Just how real is the fracking “boom” when compared with other developments within the energy industry—specifically the exponential growth...
Apr 28, 20135 min read
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A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables
Please read this article in Scientific American October 26, 2009 Wind, water and solar technologies can provide 100 percent of the...
Apr 20, 20131 min read
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Iowa Wind Energy Association
IWEA Wind Power Facts: Wind Energy Benefits Dickinson County Dickinson County in NW Iowa has 97 wind turbines. During the current tax...
Apr 11, 20133 min read
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