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Aug 12, 20131 min read
President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Not Even Close
Tom Weis Unfortunately for all of us, the blueprint he presented is more PR than plan, and has zero chance of stabilizing the climate. To...
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Aug 6, 20131 min read
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/
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Jul 30, 20131 min read
EPA official links fracking and drinking water issues in Dimock, Pa.
Matt McClain/The Washington Post – The headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. By Mark...
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Jul 26, 20131 min read
Jared Polis sues to stop fracking next to his Weld County property
Boulder congressman seeks restraining order against energy firm Read the article from The Denver Post here: http://www.denverpost.com/bre...
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Jul 26, 20131 min read
Anti-fracking groups call for Colorado oil and gas director to resign
Jul 25, 2013, 6:30pm MDT A coalition of nearly 50 groups opposed to the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Colorado has called...
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Jul 26, 20131 min read
Effort to speed up fracking derailed in NC House
Published: July 26, 2013 By John Murawski — jmurawski@newsobserver.com A last-minute legislative effort to speed up the state’s fracking...
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Jul 25, 20133 min read
Uncappable underground blowout spills thousands of barrels of tar sands oil in Cold Lake, Alberta
At the microphone, Crystal Lameman of the Beaver Cree First Nation of Canada, speaking against the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington,...
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Jul 24, 20132 min read
Anti-Fracking Activists Celebrate Cancellation of Gas Leases and Drilling Plans in NE Pennsylvania
from Alternet Unprecedented mass lease cancellation occurs near homes of some of fractivism’s most effective mobilizers. Photo Credit:...
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Jul 21, 20131 min read
Disposable workers of the oil and gas fields
If you don’t have a college degree, it’s the best job in the West. Unless you die, unnoticed. Feature story – From the April 02, 2007...
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Jul 21, 20132 min read
Couple denied mortgage because of gas drilling
Brian Smith lives near Marcellus Shale well in Daisytown UPDATED 6:49 PM EDT May 08, 2012 WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. —Brian and Amy Smith...
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Jul 21, 20132 min read
Former Mobil VP Warns of Fracking and Climate Change
Friday, 19 July 2013 00:00 By Ellen Cantarow, Truthout| Interview Few people can explain gas and oil drilling with as much authority as...
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Jul 21, 20131 min read
Federal Judge Allows Chevron to Track Environmental Advocates
SustainableBusiness.com News 07/15/2013 After a 20-year battle, Ecuador’s court ruled against Chevron in the world’s biggest...
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Jul 21, 20131 min read
Cleanup of 2006 ND saltwater spill still ongoing
By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press Updated 1:39 pm, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 FILE – In this Jan. 12, 2007, file photo Ned Hermanson...
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Jul 21, 20131 min read
Another Pennsylvania Wastewater Treatment Plant Accused of Illegally Disposing Radioactive Fracking
A Pennsylvania industrial wastewater treatment plant has been illegally accepting oil and gas wastewater and polluting the Allegheny...
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Jul 21, 20131 min read
Colorado Residents Protest Fracking at Democratic Governors’ Conference
July 16, 2013 Hundreds of Coloradans from across the state gathered outside the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) meeting on...
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Jul 12, 20131 min read
Confirmed: Fracking Triggers Quakes and Seismic Chaos
—By Kate Sheppard, Jaeah Lee, and Brett Brownell | Thu Jul. 11, 2013 11:04 AM PDT Major earthquakes thousands of miles away can trigger...
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Jul 7, 20131 min read
Growing Doubts on the Numbers from Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy
Growing Doubts on the Numbers from Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy (via Desmogblog) America is in the midst of the biggest onshore oil...
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Jul 3, 201312 min read
Fracking Independence Day: Frontline Group SAFE Appeals for Support and Action
Posted in Huffington Post by Jeff Biggers on 07/03/2013 The fracking rush in the heartland may have been unleashed by ill-conceived...
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Jun 24, 20131 min read
The Price of Sand
Thursday, 13 June 2013 15:54 By Ellen Cantarow, Truthout | Movie Review YouTube) In the gorgeous countryside of western Wisconsin, along...
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Jun 24, 20131 min read
Fracking can increase methane in drinking water, study finds
By Neela Banerjee 24, June 24, 2013, 11:13 a.m. WASHINGTON -Scientists have found that methane and other gases pose a significant risk...
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