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Jun 20, 20131 min read
Illinois’ New Fracking Regulations Might Not Be So Tough After All
By Thomas Stackpole | Tue Jun. 18, 2013 2:23 PM PDT Michael G McKinne /Shutterstock Monday afternoon Illinois governor Pat Quinn signed...
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Jun 14, 20131 min read
Conservation groups say Tennessee’s fracking rules don’t go far enough
CLICK HERE to read this story from the Chattanooga Times Free Press published on May 28, 2013.
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Jun 14, 20133 min read
Residents Deliver Giant Check to ‘Buy Back’ NY Senator’s Support from Fracking Interests
From EcoWatch June 14, 2013 Southern Tier Residents Southern Tier residents delivered a $202,000 giant eight by three foot fake check to...
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Jun 12, 20132 min read
Missouri Lawyer Brings Nuisance Claims to Fracking Arena
By Jim Efstathiou Jr., Andrew Harris & Sophia Pearson – Jun 10, 2013 11:00 PM CT Orlin Wagner/AP A file photo from 2009...
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May 31, 20133 min read
“We Can Light Our Water on Fire,” Says Fracking Victim
Carroll County, OH: Joe and Dawn live in a part of Ohio that has seen a boom in the gas, oil and shale industry. And with it has come a...
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May 30, 20131 min read
Live at Historic Vote in Illinois: Steingraber and Citizens Bust Fracking Bill (Video)
GO TO POST in huffingtonpost.com
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May 30, 20135 min read
Fracking “Shock Doctrine” Unveiled as 2013 Illinois Legislative Session Nears End
DeSmogBlog Thu, 2013-05-30 11:45Steve Horn The shale gas industry has performed the “shock doctrine” at the 11th hour of the 2013...
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May 29, 20135 min read
New Mexico county first in nation to ban fracking to safeguard water
By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times May 28, 2013, 9:36 p.m. OCATE, N.M. — Sitting in the tidy living room of the home they built themselves,...
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May 28, 20134 min read
Illinois Fracking Fight Continues
EcoWatch May 28, 2013 Will Reynolds Graphic courtesy of Food & Water Watch After lengthy private negotiations, a pro-fracking regulatory...
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May 28, 20133 min read
Illinois Fracking Bill: A Worst Case Scenario
EcoWatch May 28, 2013 William C. Rau The Illinois Fracking Regulatory Bill (SB1715) has been praised as a “national model.” It is a model...
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May 28, 20138 min read
Liability Bombshell: Must-Read Letters From PA and WI Fracking Victims to Illinois Lawmakers
Jeff Biggers Posted: 05/28/2013 10:21 am huffingtonpost.com The world is not just watching the unfolding fracking bill debacle at the...
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May 25, 20139 min read
Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods
The Times-Tribune By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: May 19, 2013 First of two parts State environmental regulators determined...
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May 23, 20134 min read
Steingraber Calls Out Illinois Fracking Regulations
From Ecowatch, by Jeff Biggers, May 23, 2013 Before environmental lobbyists and legislators push a hydraulic fracking bill through the...
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May 22, 20133 min read
After One Arrest, Sit In Continues Demanding Moratorium on Fracking
Ecowatch Concerned Residents of Illinois After more than a hundred Illinoisans packed a hearing and rallied in the Capitol yesterday for...
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May 22, 20131 min read
Southern Illinois, The Newest Fracking Frontier
READ THIS ARTICLE from the Mackinaw Valley Institute
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May 21, 20131 min read
“Gasland 2” Grassroots Premiere in Illinois Highlights Industry PSYOPS and Ongoing Frack
“Gasland 2” screened yesterday in Normal, IL and DeSmogBlog was there to gain a sneak peak of the documentary set for a July 8 HBO...
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May 20, 20131 min read
5th Illinois county supports ‘fracking’ moratorium
Updated 3:34 pm, Monday, May 20, 2013 VIENNA, Ill. (AP) — The Johnson County Board of Commissioners has passed a resolution supporting a...
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May 11, 20132 min read
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...
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May 9, 20134 min read
Another Spill in PA Town Where Fracking Just Resumed in April After 200,000+ Gallon Spill in March
Wed May 08, 2013 at 01:34 PM PDT Another Spill in PA Town Where Fracking Just Resumed in April After 200,000+ Gallon Spill in March by...
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May 9, 20131 min read
Interview: Energy Investor Bill Powers Discusses Looming Shale Gas Bubble
On Sat., April 27, I met up with energy investor Bill Powers at Prairie Moon Restaurant in Evanston, IL for a mid-afternoon lunch to...
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