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I just decreased my Arlington TX homesteads value 31% citing fracking nearby
Posted on August 23, 2013 in Arlington TX Barnett Shale Blogger “I protested the value of my home last month with the Tarrant County...
Sep 5, 20131 min read
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UK’s Fracking Dilemma Continues
EcoWatch By Laura Beans “It’s little wonder communities don’t trust the Government over fracking when their rights are so clearly being...
Sep 4, 20131 min read
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“Frackademia” By Law: Section 999 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Exposed
With the school year starting for many this week, it’s another year of academia for professors across the United States – and another...
Sep 4, 20131 min read
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Drill next door: Here’s what it looks like when fracking moves in
By Erik Hoffner Grist guest contributorWhen my wife and I pulled into a relative’s subdivision in Frederick, Colo., after a wedding on a...
Aug 30, 20131 min read
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Unfair Share: How Oil and Gas Drillers Avoid Paying Royalties
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, Aug. 13, 2013, 10:20 a.m. Don Feusner ran dairy cattle on his 370-acre slice of northern Pennsylvania...
Aug 25, 201311 min read
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Oil sands pipeline avoids Keystone XL scrutiny
St. Louis Post-Dispatch By JEFFREY TOMICH jtomich@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8320 SHELBINA, Mo. •The most valuable piece of farmland in...
Aug 25, 20131 min read
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Drought-Stricken Texas Fracks Its Way to Water Shortages
EcoWatch By Laura Beans With above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation, according to the National Weather Service’s July...
Aug 23, 20131 min read
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Wisconsin county board approves moratorium on frac sand mines
Mining moratorium reflects concerns over effects on human health. WHITEHALL, Wis. – After issuing more frac sand mining permits than any...
Aug 23, 20131 min read
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650,000 Comments Call on Obama Administration to Ban Fracking on Public Lands
Americans Against Fracking Yesterday, a coalition of 276 environmental and consumer organizations including Americans Against Fracking,...
Aug 23, 20131 min read
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UK Direct Action Shuts Down Fracking Company Headquarters, PR Firm and Well Site
No Dash For Gas By Emma Hughes Today, anti-fracking protestors from Reclaim the Power have targeted Cuadrilla at locations across the...
Aug 20, 20131 min read
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Colbert Calls Out Fracking Company for Lifetime Gag Order on Children
EcoWatch By Lauren Berlekamp For years, the fracking industry and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have repeated the talking...
Aug 19, 20131 min read
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Fracking boom could lead to housing bust
By Roger Drouin for Grist When it comes to the real estate market in Bradford County, Pa., where 62,600 residents live above the...
Aug 18, 20131 min read
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How the Fracking Industry Avoids Paying Royalties to Landowners
ProPublica By Abrahm Lustgarten Don Feusner ran dairy cattle on his 370-acre slice of northern Pennsylvania until he could no longer turn...
Aug 15, 20131 min read
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Water Contamination from Fracking: Jessica Ernst Releases Groundbreaking Report
Written by Damien Gillis Thursday, 20 June 2013 12:53 Jessica Ernst, a high-profile, Alberta-based environmental consultant, has released...
Aug 13, 20131 min read
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A Texan tragedy: ample oil, no water
Fracking boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty Suzanne...
Aug 11, 20132 min read
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Victory in Fracking Wastewater Fight in PA
Earthjustice If not for the effort of Clean Water Action and Earthjustice, a wastewater treatment plant in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Aug 8, 20131 min read
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Why No One Trusts Oil Companies On Fracking
Click here to read the article from Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorensteffy/2013/08/05/why-no-one-trusts-oil-companies-on-fracking/
Aug 6, 20131 min read
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Children given lifelong ban on talking about fracking
Two Pennsylvanian children will live their lives under a gag order imposed under a $750,000 settlement Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment...
Aug 5, 20131 min read
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An Open Letter to President Obama from Gasland Director Josh Fox
Josh Fox Dear President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Moniz, Heather Zichal and Valerie Jarrett, We are aware that your...
Jul 31, 20131 min read
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