top of page
LATEST
NEWS
Our News Posts provide a continuous source of learning and education. Engaging with the news increases our critical thinking by evaluating sources, analyzing information, and considering multiple viewpoints.
Search
Fault Lines: Elsipogtog, The Fire Over Water
Fault Lines: Elsipogtog, The Fire Over Water (Video) Published on Dec 6, 2013 Since our friends in the US are blocked from viewing, I re...
Dec 8, 20131 min read
0 views
Indigenous Canadian fracking protesters refuse to back down
by                               Andrea SchmidtDecember 2, 20137:41PM ET Demonstrators defy court injunction intended to keep them from...
Dec 6, 20131 min read
0 views
Martin Sheen Exposé on Fracking to Air on Public TV
This week, Martin Sheen’s Breakthroughs program released an expose on fracking featuring Environment America to public television...
Dec 6, 20131 min read
0 views
Fracking opponents take their fight to Chicago
Proposed rules weaken key provisions of law, activists say By Julie Wernau, Chicago Tribune reporterNovember 29, 2013 Hundreds of miles...
Dec 2, 20132 min read
0 views
Fracking Causes Democratic Outbreaks Across the US
A funny thing happened on the way to the shale revolution – an outbreak of democracy that will send tremors through the oil and gas...
Nov 26, 20132 min read
0 views
Winkeler: Let’s stop pretending when it comes to fracking
http://thesouthern.com/sports/outdoors/winkeler-let-s-stop-pretending-when-it-comes-to-fracking/article_df7f9f42-531d-11e3-a2e1-0019bb296...
Nov 23, 20132 min read
1 view
Natural Cash – Fracking Industry Contributions To Congress
http://www.citizensforethics.org/pages/natural-cash-fracking-industry-contributions-to-congress
Nov 21, 20131 min read
2 views
House Energy Bills Would Unleash Fracking Free-for-All on Public Lands
By Bobby McEnaney Now that House Republicans have moved beyond closing national parks, stalling environmental safeguards and canceling...
Nov 20, 20131 min read
0 views
Proposed fracking rules in Illinois raise ire of environmentalists
Groups fear weakening of state law passed five months ago November 16, 2013|By Julie Wernau, Chicago Tribune reporter...
Nov 17, 20132 min read
1 view
Huge Election Victories for Colorado’s Anti-Fracking Movement
Yesterday’s election brought huge results for anti-fracking voters in Fort Collins, Boulder and Lafayette where all measures were...
Nov 6, 20131 min read
0 views
Groups Petition BLM to Protect Fragile Wyoming Habitat From Oil and Gas Drilling
Drilling in the Douglas Core Area undermines the efforts of local residents and ranchers to protect sage grouse habitat. The male sage...
Oct 29, 20131 min read
2 views
Internal Documents Reveal Coverup in North Dakota Oil Spill
By Jesse Coleman North Dakota, long known for its cattle ranches and open spaces, has recently become one of the oil and gas industry’s...
Oct 25, 20131 min read
1 view
Supreme Court Preserves Victory Over Oil/Gas Development
Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah. The park is known for its impressive geological wonders. (Darren J. Bradley / Shutterstock)...
Oct 20, 20131 min read
0 views
Over 865,200 Gallons of Fracked Oil Spill in North Dakota, Public in Dark for Days Due to Government
Friday, 11 October 2013 10:32 By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog | Report Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled...
Oct 11, 20131 min read
0 views
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
1 view
Illinois Hosts Nation’s Worst Website for Kids
October 2, 2013 Jeff Biggers Calling on statewide and national citizens groups and education organizations to join their efforts, the...
Oct 3, 20131 min read
1 view
The Big Push: Putting Tar Sands Through Old Oil Pipelines
Wednesday, 02 October 2013 10:47 However, the company wasn’t always perfect. One of its natural gas pipes ruptured 18 years ago near...
Oct 2, 20131 min read
0 views
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
0 views
Energy Reform, Shale Gas and Public Spending Cuts in Mexico
Tuesday, 01 October 2013 09:14 Shale gas via Shutterstock“Peak oil is not the same as running out of oil. What it means is simply...
Oct 1, 20131 min read
0 views
IKEA: Residential Solar Panels To Go On Sale At Stores In Britain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/ikea-solar-panels-britain_n_4016087.html?ref=topbar Follow: IKEA Pv Solar Panels, IKEA...
Sep 30, 20132 min read
0 views
bottom of page