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Shalefield Stories: Personal Accounts From the Frontlines of Fracking
Yesterday, Environment America Research & Policy Center joined residents living on the frontlines of fracking who recounted their stories...
Jan 31, 20141 min read
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Texans angrily protest fracking after 30 earthquakes hit town
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Jan 24, 20141 min read
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Rural county to take Illinois fracking debate to the ballot box
Posted on 01/16/2014 by Kari Lydersen Main Street in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois where voters will decide on an anti-fracking ballot...
Jan 17, 20141 min read
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Winkeler: I present to you exhibit A in the case against fracking
(Photo) CORRECTS STATE TO W.VA. INSTEAD OF VA. – A worker moves a drilling machine around storage tanks at Freedom Industries storage...
Jan 17, 20143 min read
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How Passage of TPP Could Bypass Fracking Bans in the U.S
On Jan. 9, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Camp (R-MI) introduced the Bipartisan Congressional Trade...
Jan 14, 20141 min read
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Illinois Residents Demand a Ban on Fracking
An Illinois ban on fracking is inevitable. The question is whether it will happen before or after a major fracking disaster. The public...
Jan 13, 20141 min read
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In Ohio: State and drilling companies forcing landowners into gas exploration projects against their
http://www.ohio.com/news/state-and-drilling-companies-forcing-landowners-into-gas-exploration-projects-against-their-will-1.458751#.UtMPg...
Jan 12, 20141 min read
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FBI Investigates Tar Sands Activists as Eco-Terrorists
Laura Beans | July 22, 2013 12:31 pm | Comments Tar Sands Blockade In April, activists staged a protest at the Canadian consulate, to...
Jan 9, 20141 min read
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Fracking foes upset with county
Click http://thesouthern.com/news/local/fracking-foes-upset-with-county/article_0416b10a-7827-11e3-8ae3-0019bb2963f4.html to read this...
Jan 8, 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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Research Links Proximity to Fracking and Low Birth Weight in Newborns
It maybe early in a new year, but already new research has been published which raises serious health concerns about fracking. What is...
Jan 7, 20141 min read
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Exxon to Face Criminal Charges for 50,000+ Gallon Fracking Wastewater Spill
By Emily Atkin Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy will have to face criminal charges for allegedly dumping tens of thousands of...
Jan 6, 20141 min read
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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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Inspector General Finds EPA Justified in Intervening to Protect Drinking Water from Fracking
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General found EPA Region 6 was justified in legally intervening to protect...
Dec 26, 20131 min read
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Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Gets Approved, Ignores Massive Opposition
In a long-awaited announcement, the National Energy Board (NEB) released the final recommendation from the Joint Review Panel (JRP) to...
Dec 24, 20131 min read
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Says It’s Unconstitutional For Gas Companies To Frack Wherever They Want
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/19/3092621/fracking-pennsylvania-unconstitutional/# By Katie Valentine on December 19, 2013 at...
Dec 20, 20132 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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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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Fracking hell: what it’s really like to live next to a shale gas well
Nausea, headaches and nosebleeds, invasive chemical smells, constant drilling, slumping property prices – welcome to Ponder, Texas, where...
Dec 14, 20132 min read
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Fault Lines: Elsipogtog, The Fire Over Water
Fault Lines: Elsipogtog, The Fire Over Water (Video) Published on Dec 6, 2013 Since our friends in the US are blocked from viewing, I re...
Dec 8, 20131 min read
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