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Gas Drilling Explosion Highlights Problems of Proximity to Homes and Schools
Delaware Riverkeeper Network | February 13, 2014 6:19 pm | Comments On Feb. 11, the town of Dunkard, PA was rocked by an explosion at a...
Feb 14, 20141 min read
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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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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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Leaders Urge President Obama: Consider Climate in Decisions on Keystone XL, Fracking and Drilling in
As reported in an exclusive to the Washington Post today, eighteen environmental, environmental justice and public health advocacy groups...
Jan 17, 20141 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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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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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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Indigenous Canadian fracking protesters refuse to back down
by                               Andrea SchmidtDecember 2, 20137:41PM ET Demonstrators defy court injunction intended to keep them from...
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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Setting the Record Straight on Fracking
By Sandra Steingraber and Wenonah Hauter Speaking before youth conservation leaders in California, Jewell cited what she called...
Nov 20, 20131 min read
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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...
Nov 14, 20131 min read
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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...
Nov 7, 20131 min read
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North Dakota Fails to Disclose Hundreds of Oil Spills to the Public
A September oil pipeline spill is calling into question North Dakota’s lack of disclosure laws, which have allowed nearly 300 spills in...
Oct 30, 20131 min read
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Proposed Fracked-Gas Export Facility from Maryland to Asia Vehemently Opposed
Ted Glick |October 24, 2013 3:43 pm The first town hall meeting concerning the risks of the proposed Cove Point Liquified Natural Gas...
Oct 25, 20131 min read
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Internal Documents Reveal Coverup in North Dakota Oil Spill
By Jesse Coleman North Dakota, long known for its cattle ranches and open spaces, has recently become one of the oil and gas industry’s...
Oct 25, 20131 min read
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