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Lawsuit Filed Against Illinois Department of Natural Resources
November 12, 2014- Several Southern Illinois citizens and SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment) have filed a...
Nov 12, 20142 min read
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How Fracking Destroys the American Dream
http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/20/udated-fracking-vs-american-dream-resource-guide/ How Fracking Destroys the American Dream Resource Media...
May 15, 201412 min read
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Families Sue Frackers for $120 Million
http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/04/25/67330.htm Friday, April 25, 2014 CONWAY, Ark. (CN) – Eight families sued a natural gas company...
Apr 27, 20143 min read
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Updated: BREAKING: Jury awards $3 million in first fracking case
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/22/1293937/-BREAKING-Jury-awards-3-million-in-first-fracking-case Tue Apr 22, 2014 at 07:20 PM PDT...
Apr 26, 20142 min read
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Oil Consultant Turned Whistleblower Exposes Fracking Crimes in Alberta
Anthony Hall | April 8, 2014 This You Tube is a compilation of segments from a 90 minute talk. Jessica Ernst worked for more than three...
Apr 8, 20141 min read
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Research Lights Up Fracking’s Black Hole
Industry’s silent treatment has been wildly successful Thanks to a silent industry, large-scale studies of gas drilling’s impacts on...
Mar 16, 20141 min read
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6 Reasons to Celebrate the Growth of the Ban Fracking Movement
Wenonah Hauter | March 3, 2014 4:04 pm | Comments These developments show that the movement to ban fracking grows stronger by the day....
Mar 4, 20141 min read
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Drilling vs the American Dream: Fracking impacts on property rights and home values
http://www.resource-media.org/drilling-vs-the-american-dream-fracking-impacts-on-property-rights-and-home-values/#.UxVGtIXEH6D November...
Mar 3, 20141 min read
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Biggest Concerns Still Unanswered in Gov. Kasich’s Collusion With Fracking Industry
By Brian Kunkemoeller Ohio’s Gov. John Kasich reversed his position on fracking public lands in response to public outcry about the...
Feb 25, 20141 min read
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Exxon CEO Joins Lawsuit to Stop Fracking Near His Home
Rex Tillerson finally tells the truth about fracking. It lowers property values. Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson may be the world’s biggest...
Feb 22, 20141 min read
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Judge Sides With Landowners, Strikes Down Eminent Domain Law Allowing Keystone XL
Laura Beans | February 20, 2014 9:43 am | Comments “Citizens won today,” said Jane Kleeb, director of Bold Nebraska. “We beat a corrupt...
Feb 20, 20141 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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No Pipe Dream: Is Fracking About to Arrive on Your Doorstep?
Daniel Foster / Flickr)For the past several years, I’ve been writing about what happens when big oil and gas corporations drill where...
Jan 30, 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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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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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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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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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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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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Does Homeland Security Think Fracktivists are Terrorists?
Sharon Wilson | November 15, 2013 3:22 pm | Comments According to comments made by Mark Grawe, chief operating officer at EagleRidge...
Nov 18, 20131 min read
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