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Voice of the Reader: Yes, it’s frustrating
http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/mailbag/voice-of-the-reader-yes-it-s-frustrating/article_8111a4ac-2b7c-5880-bafe-f85de631290c.html...
May 25, 20142 min read
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Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Waxman Question Koch Brothers’ Financial Interest in Keystone XL Pipeline
As a writer of environmental issues, as well as a person concerned about the future of the planet, I am anxiously awaiting the decision...
Apr 3, 20141 min read
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Congress to EPA: Investigate and Address Water Contamination From Fracking
For the first time, members of Congress today called upon U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to...
Apr 3, 20141 min read
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Facing Unprecedented Extraction Crisis, Illinois Environmental Groups Make Call to Action
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-reynolds/illinois-faces-unpreceden_b_5036219.html Will Reynolds Illinois Environmental Politics...
Apr 1, 20144 min read
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200+ Groups Tell Congress and Obama: Reject Fast-Tracking Exports of Fracked Gas Overseas
Following a push by the Obama Administration and House Speaker John Bohener to fast-track natural gas exports as leverage against Russia...
Mar 14, 20141 min read
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Straight Talk About Fracking from Johnson County Resident Tony Gerard
Johnson County resident Tony Gerard speaks out about fracking in Johnson County, about ordinary citizens expressing how they feel about...
Mar 10, 20141 min read
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Welcome to the new North Dakota; enjoy our ‘growing pains’
http://m.bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/clay-jenkinson/welcome-to-the-new-north-dakota-enjoy-our-growing-pains/article_77714726-940d...
Feb 24, 20145 min read
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The New Fracking Statute: A Huge Loophole and, worse yet, a Trojan Horse
by Vito A. Mastrangelo February 12, 2014 During the recent debate about new methods of fracking, the oil and gas industry used the term...
Feb 16, 20145 min read
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CHRISTENSEN: Moratorium insufficient protection from fracking
C lick http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/christensen-moratorium-insufficient-protection-from-fracking/article_4068bbc0-7350-11e3-b4f4-0...
Jan 1, 20141 min read
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Group calls foul on IDNR “rubber stamp” Fracking Task Force
For Release: immediate 11/8/13 Contacts: Bill Rau, IPA Spokesperson. Phone: (309) 662-1605 Annette McMichael, IPA and SAFE Spokesperson....
Nov 9, 20133 min read
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The Two Faces of Pat Quinn’s Environmental Policy Puts Downstate in Danger
Where there’s a Will there’s a way October 3, 2013 Governor Pat Quinn recently spoke at the annual dinner of the Illinois Environmental...
Oct 6, 20137 min read
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40 Gallons a Pint: Fracking’s threat to beer in Illinois
Revolution&Beer.com Posted on October 2, 2013 by WC Turck It takes almost 40 gallons of water to produce a single pint of beer. In 1516...
Oct 3, 20135 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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Beyond Clean Coal/Fracking Awards: IL Environmental Council Should Honor These Five Environmental Le
Jeff Biggers Posted: 09/19/2013 3:30 pm in Huffington Post As the nation watches the unfolding crisis of flooded fracking sites in...
Sep 20, 20134 min read
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Editorial response: Natural gas is not a bridge to the future
June 20, 2013, 9:28 am By Christopher Shoup Bradley I am writing in response to your June 8 point/counterpoint article titled “The issue...
Jul 1, 20131 min read
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Letter from South Africa
Click here for the letter in pdf Illinois General Assembly For Attention: The Honorable Governor Pat Quinn State House Springfield, IL...
Jun 4, 20132 min read
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Letter from 10-year-old Southern Illinois Resident Makes More Sense than All the Propaganda
The following letter is written by a 10-year-old Southern Illinois resident, addressed to President Obama. Note the letter’s wisdom and...
Mar 25, 20132 min read
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An Open Letter to Illinois Environmentalists about Fracking Legislation
My friends, I think so often of you all and my days as president of the Illinois Environmental Council and State Field Representative of...
Jan 5, 20137 min read
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