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Nov 20, 20131 min read
House Energy Bills Would Unleash Fracking Free-for-All on Public Lands
By Bobby McEnaney Now that House Republicans have moved beyond closing national parks, stalling environmental safeguards and canceling...
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Nov 20, 20131 min read
Setting the Record Straight on Fracking
By Sandra Steingraber and Wenonah Hauter Speaking before youth conservation leaders in California, Jewell cited what she called...
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Nov 18, 20131 min read
Does Homeland Security Think Fracktivists are Terrorists?
Sharon Wilson | November 15, 2013 3:22 pm | Comments According to comments made by Mark Grawe, chief operating officer at EagleRidge...
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Nov 17, 20136 min read
Illinois’ draft fracking regulations: haste makes waste
This is a recent blog from one of the lead attorneys who worked on the fracking regulatory bill in the spring, regarding the specific...
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Nov 15, 20131 min read
Fracking’s Dirty Little Secret
by Daryl Hannah and Diane Moss Fracking imposes unnecessary risks on public health and on our diminishing, yet most precious of...
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Nov 14, 20131 min read
Fracking the American Dream: Drilling Decreases Property Value
Drilling conflicts are almost always described in the context of their impacts on air, water and health. But increasingly, as the...
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Nov 11, 20131 min read
Industry Word Games Mislead Americans on Fracking
SkyTruth |November 8, 2013 3:34 pm | Comments By David Manthos Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, and other drilling...
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Nov 8, 20131 min read
Oil and Gas Regulations Fail to Protect Communities’ Water
A report was released today identifying and examining the dangers to water quality posed by oil and gas production in the states of...
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Nov 7, 20131 min read
Fracking Victim Sued for Defamation After Proving Drinking Water Flammable
By Julie Dermansky Weatherford, TX, homeowner Steve Lipsky has nothing to hide. He is not trying to take down Range Resources, a large...
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Nov 5, 20133 min read
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,...
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Oct 31, 20131 min read
New Report Exposes Impacts of Fracking on Water
A new report released today reveals the impacts of Marcellus Shale gas development on freshwater resources in Pennsylvania and West...
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Oct 29, 20131 min read
Groups Petition BLM to Protect Fragile Wyoming Habitat From Oil and Gas Drilling
Drilling in the Douglas Core Area undermines the efforts of local residents and ranchers to protect sage grouse habitat. The male sage...
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Oct 21, 20132 min read
Fracking fluid blows out nearby well
kasa.com Cleanup costs, competing technologies at issue By Tina Jensen Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 9:52 AM MDT Published:...
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Oct 16, 20133 min read
Fracking by the Numbers: New Report First to Quantify Damage Done by Gas Drilling
News Release Contact John Rumpler, Environment America Fracking by the Numbers New Report First to Quantify Damage Done by Gas Drilling...
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Oct 14, 20131 min read
Canadian Scientists Expose Their Government’s Tar Sands Obsession at DC Briefing
EcoWatch A delegation of Canadian scientists and activists participated in a briefing today at the National Press Club in Washington, DC,...
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Oct 11, 20131 min read
Over 865,200 Gallons of Fracked Oil Spill in North Dakota, Public in Dark for Days Due to Government
Friday, 11 October 2013 10:32 By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog | Report Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled...
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Oct 9, 20131 min read
Groups Send List of Requirements for Fracking Regulations to Illinois Officials
Jeff Biggers In a letter sent this week to the key legislative committee and state IDNR agency officials, the groups representing rural...
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Oct 6, 20133 min read
Groundbreaking Report Calculates Damage Done by Fracking
EcoWatch October 3, 2013 http://ecowatch.com/2013/report-calculates-damage-by-fracking/ Environment America “The numbers don’t...
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Oct 4, 20131 min read
The Hard Numbers on Fracking: Radiation, Toxic Wastewater and Air Pollution
Friday, 04 October 2013 09:21 By Mike Ludwig, Truthout Kordite / Flickr)Researchers have found elevated levels of radioactive material...
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Oct 3, 20131 min read
Radioactive Wastewater From Fracking Is Found in a Pennsylvania Stream
New testing of treated wastewater from fracking shows that it contains high levels of radioactive radium, along with chloride and ...
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