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Saturday March 16, 2013 Pennsylvania… Rest in Peace On Monday, Jim Garrett, a Korean War veteran who lived directly below Range...
Mar 17, 201314 min read
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Shawnee National Forest at Risk From Fracking
News Release/For Immediate Release From: Annette McMichael SAFE Media Coordinator am@greenmediaservice.com 217-273-1000...
Mar 8, 20131 min read
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New York Assembly Approves Two-Year Moratorium on Fracking
Bloomberg News New York Assembly Approves Two-Year Moratorium on Fracking By Freeman Klopott on March 06, 2013 New York’s Assembly...
Mar 7, 20132 min read
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Coalition Denounces Legislation That Would Pave Way for Fracking in Illinois
Ecowatch 03-04-2013 Americans Against Fracking Following the introduction of a bill that would, in effect, serve as a road map for...
Mar 5, 20134 min read
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Southern Illinois: Natural Wonder or Fracking Wasteland
Southern Illinois: Natural Wonder or Fracking Wasteland from Cade Bursell on Vimeo.
Mar 5, 20131 min read
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Presentation by MD on dangers and risks of high-volume fracking
Health Concerns From Unconventional Gas Extraction by Leslie Walleigh MD, MPH Go to Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project...
Feb 8, 20131 min read
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Taking a Harder Look at Fracking and Health
PHILADELPHIA – A coalition of academic researchers in the United States is preparing to shine a rigorous scientific light on the...
Dec 10, 20123 min read
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How much water is on Earth? USGS Water Science School
How much water is on Earth? The drawings below show various blue spheres representing relative amounts of Earth’s water in comparison to...
Dec 9, 20122 min read
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Federal Register | Request for Information To Inform Hydraulic Fracturing Research Related to Drinki
In response to public concern, the U.S. Congress urged EPA to conduct scientific research to examine the relationship between hydraulic...
Nov 11, 20122 min read
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How to Fight Fracking in Your Neighborhood | Rodale News
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Think clean air and water are among your basic rights? They are, but you may have to fight for them, according to...
Nov 5, 20125 min read
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THE SKY IS PINK | 15 minute film
This is a 15 minute must-see short film, following up on the oil and gas industry’s criticism of the film “Gasland.” An emergency short...
Nov 4, 20121 min read
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EARTHWORKS | Hydraulic Fracturing 101
Hydraulic fracturing – What it is Geologic formations may contain large quantities of oil or gas, but have a poor flow rate due to low...
Oct 24, 201221 min read
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What is Hydraulic Fracturing a.k.a. Hydrofracking, Fracking?
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is most often referred to as the practice of injecting a mixture of water, sand and chemicals into...
Oct 23, 20123 min read
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Fracking Our Water: CODE RED For Southern Illinois
Fracking will destroy our water supply. It consumes fresh water in quantities that are almost unimaginable. Just one well will consume 30...
Oct 21, 20122 min read
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Drilling Doublespeak | Environmental Working Group
Gas Drillers Disclose Risks to Shareholders – But Not to Landowners As natural gas development has pushed into populated areas, gas...
Oct 21, 20121 min read
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What you need to know about fracking | Environmental Working Group
Hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades. But now, natural gas producers are deploying a new gas drilling method called...
Oct 21, 20123 min read
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Unearthed: The Fracking Facade – Video
Un•earthed: Setting the track record straight – A video exposing a flawed claim often abused in the sales pitch for promoting shale gas...
Oct 21, 20121 min read
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The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking | Food & Water Watch
Billionaire oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has invested millions of dollars in natural gas, which he promotes as a promising “bridge fuel”...
Oct 15, 20122 min read
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