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Eagle Ford Shale: Breathe at Your Own Risk
Fracking is in full swing in the Eagle Ford Shale region of southern Texas, home to the most productive oil field in the United States....
Jan 3, 20141 min read
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MU Researchers Find Fracking Chemicals Disrupt Hormone Function
School of Medicine University of Missouri Health System MU Researchers Find Fracking Chemicals Disrupt Hormone Function...
Dec 17, 20132 min read
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Harvard Study Blows Apart Obama’s Case for Natural Gas
Huffington Post December 10, 2013 by Daniel Kessler Democrats like to label the GOP the “anti-science party” – but, well, you know what...
Dec 17, 20132 min read
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Analysis: U.S. drilling boom leaves some homeowners in a big hole
Reuters By Michelle Conlin Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:46am EST 1 of 8. Drilling wells are pictured in Los Angeles, California December 11, 2013....
Dec 15, 20132 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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Southern Illinois Unprepared for Social Costs of Fracking Boom
Will Reynolds Posted: 11/27/2013 3:32 pm The Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence is concerned southern Illinois is unprepared...
Dec 2, 20131 min read
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Fracking Causes Democratic Outbreaks Across the US
A funny thing happened on the way to the shale revolution – an outbreak of democracy that will send tremors through the oil and gas...
Nov 26, 20132 min read
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Proposed fracking rules in Illinois raise ire of environmentalists
Groups fear weakening of state law passed five months ago November 16, 2013|By Julie Wernau, Chicago Tribune reporter...
Nov 17, 20132 min read
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Local control being petitioned: No fracking referendum in Johnson County, yet
Read entire story at http://thesouthern.com/news/local-control-being-petitioned-no-fracking-referendum-in-johnson-county/article_c2a2f9fa...
Nov 5, 20133 min read
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MSNBC “Leans Forward” Into Running “Native Ads” Promoting Fracking
Tuesday, 05 November 2013 09:34 Three years into its “Lean Forward” re-branding campaign, MSNBC has given new meaning to the catchphrase,...
Nov 5, 20131 min read
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Canadian Police Use Military Tactics to Disperse Indigenous Anti-Fracking Blockade
Friday, 18 October 2013 13:12 By Oscar Leon, The Real News Network | Video Report Click http://truth-out.org/news/item/19496-canadian-pol...
Oct 21, 20131 min read
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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:...
Oct 21, 20132 min read
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Drugs, crime rings follow US oil boom
http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/drugs-crime-rings-follow-us-oil-boom A new front is emerging in the fight against drug trafficking as...
Oct 15, 20132 min read
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ND farmer finds oil spill while harvesting wheat
http://news.msn.com/us/nd-farmer-finds-oil-spill-while-harvesting-wheat?ocid=msnnws N.D.’s response to an oil spill the size of seven...
Oct 15, 20131 min read
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Voters in four Colorado cities may call timeout on fracking
By Bruce Finley The Denver Post Posted: 10/13/2013 12:01:00 AM MDT Front Range residents are forcing faceoffs over oil and gas drilling...
Oct 15, 20131 min read
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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...
Oct 6, 20133 min read
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SIU grad Rendleman talks about experience with fracking
The Southern http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu-grad-rendleman-talks-about-experience-with-fracking/article_b0ca0cb4-2cad-11e3-a4e0-00...
Oct 6, 20132 min read
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Radioactive Wastewater From Fracking Is Found in a Pennsylvania Stream
Smithsonian.com Surprising Science October 2, 2013 New testing of treated wastewater from fracking shows that it contains high levels of...
Oct 3, 20132 min read
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Seismic structure of the Central US crust and shallow upper mantle: Uniqueness of the Reelfoot Rift
Click http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X13002963 Abstract Using seismic surface waves recorded with Earthscope’s...
Oct 2, 20131 min read
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Hunter speaks out against governor’s approval of hydraulic fracturing
http://www.senatedem.ilga.gov/index.php/sen-hunter-home/3539-hunter-speaks-out-against-governors-approval-of-hydraulic-fracturing-...
Oct 2, 20131 min read
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