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Letter: Pay attention to fracking bills
The State Journal-Register Posted Mar 04, 2013 @ 10:00 PM Two bills are being presented in the Illinois legislature on fracking. Senate...
Mar 6, 20131 min read
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Illinois People’s Action Press Release for HB2615
Illinois People’s Action ■ 510 E. Washington Street, Suite 309 ■ Bloomington, IL 61701 ■(309) 827-9627 NEWS www.illinoispeoplesaction.org...
Feb 21, 20132 min read
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Lawmakers to decide arguments over fracking in Illlinois
ReviewAtlas.com Feb 15, 2013 SPRINGFIELD — Pumping large amounts of water mixed with chemicals and sand underground to extract oil and...
Feb 18, 20133 min read
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Senator Hunter, Anti-Fracking Forces Push Illinois Moratorium
From the Illinois Observer Wednesday, 13 February 2013 Coming on the heals of the roll out of a new pro-fracking, business-labor...
Feb 13, 20132 min read
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Henry Henderson: No fracking in Illinois until communities are safe
Henry Henderson directs the Midwest Program for the Natural Resources Defense Council, a green group with 1.3 million members and...
Jan 6, 20133 min read
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Fracking Companies Clash with Grain Shippers and Army Corps of Engineers over Use of Mississsippi Ri
Mississippi River (photo: Robert Ray, AP) The continuing drought of 2012—which has created abnormally dry conditions over 80% of the...
Dec 10, 20122 min read
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Water Fight: Drought, Farming, Fracking And The Midwest’s Tense Shipping Situation
Barge workers on the Mississippi River near St. Louis on Dec. 2, 2012 (Credit (via Flickr/pasa47). Low river levels have caused...
Dec 4, 20123 min read
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Get the Frack out of Illinois – Chicago Independent | Examiner.com
“Get the Frack out of Illinois!” That was the title of Monday’s announcement by the consumer and environmental advocacy group Food &...
Dec 4, 20125 min read
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Fracking regulations back on the agenda in Illinois | Midwest Energy News
The debate over hydraulic fracturing regulation in Illinois will return to the front burner in coming weeks. Fracking regulations will...
Dec 4, 20125 min read
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IDNR grants permit for an open pit mine in Morris, Illinois
UTICA, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Mines and Minerals has given the go-ahead to a controversial open...
Nov 27, 20123 min read
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SAFE responds to IPAA: Accuses SAFE of Misleading the Public
On October 25th, in their publication “Energy in Depth” the Independent Petroleum Association of America singled out SAFE as an...
Nov 20, 201210 min read
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Illinois Peoples Action’s Accountability Meeting with Elected Officials: Ban Fracking (PICTURES / VI
Over 150 people attended a Saturday morning community meeting to oppose fracking in McLean County. Organized by Illinois People’s Action,...
Nov 13, 20123 min read
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More than 140 sign petition that calls for ban on fracking
NORMAL — More than 140 residents signed a petition Saturday that calls for a ban on fracking, the method of extracting oil or gas from...
Nov 13, 20122 min read
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WJBC – The Voice of Central Illinois: Zombies overrun Uptown to protest fracking
Zombified members of the group Illinois People’s Action speak out against fracking in the circle in Uptown Normal. (photo by WJBC/Zach...
Nov 4, 20121 min read
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WJBC – The Voice of Central Illinois – Dan Brady would support fracking moratorium
Rep. Dan Brady said he welcomes a study into fracking to determine whether it’s safe. (Photo courtesy Illinois House Republicans) By Eric...
Nov 1, 20122 min read
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Fracking bill passes Senate, advances to Illinois House – Harrisburg, IL – The Daily Reg
An undated Eldorado area oil and gas development map probably from the 1950s show the concentration of oil wells in the county’s first...
Apr 27, 20125 min read
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