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Breaking: 400 Youths Arrested at White House Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline
Today more than 1,200 youths from across the country marched to the White House from Georgetown University—where President Obama laid out...
Apr 1, 20141 min read
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Protestors Arrested Halting Fracking Operations in Pennsylvania State Forest
In the pre-dawn hours, activists with Marcellus Shale EarthFirst!, Pennsylvania residents and students took action to halt Anadarko’s...
Mar 20, 20141 min read
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Breaking: 400 Youths Arrested at White House Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline
Today more than 1,200 youths from across the country marched to the White House from Georgetown University—where President Obama laid out...
Mar 3, 20141 min read
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Delivering Public Comments on Illinois Proposed Fracking Regulation
Published on Jan 3, 2014, by Willinois, aka Will Reynolds. January 3, 2014 Press Conference by several organizations to deliver comments...
Jan 4, 20141 min read
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Fracking opponents continue call for ban
Fracking opponents continue call for ban 6 hours ago  •  BY KURT ERICKSON, The Southern Springfield Bureau 0 SPRINGFIELD – About a dozen...
Jan 4, 20142 min read
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Foes weigh in at fracking hearing
Foes weigh in at fracking hearing 9 hours ago  •  By Becky Malkovich 0 CARBONDALE — Citizens voiced their concerns about proposed...
Dec 20, 20132 min read
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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
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IDNR Postpones Public Hearing in Effingham Due to Inclement Weather
IDNR Postpones HVHF Public Hearing in Effingham Due to Inclement Weather Hearing rescheduled for December 16, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:...
Dec 5, 20131 min read
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Great Ohio River Relay Highlights Impacts of Fracking on Water Resources
EcoWatch August 25, 2013 Wheeling Water Warriors The relay is designed to attract national attention to the environmental issue of...
Aug 25, 20132 min read
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Mass Protest, Not A Speech, Is Needed To Address Climate Change
By Chris Williams, June 27, 2013 Before we get teary eyed with joy or scoff with derision, we should take a closer look at President...
Jul 1, 20131 min read
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Earth Day Chicago April 22nd
Join us in Downtown Chicago this Earth Day as we celebrate and strive to protect our water. 3:00 pm: Water Honoring @ Vietnam Veterans...
Apr 16, 20133 min read
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Photos from March 22nd Rally in Chicago!
Thanks so much to all of the folks who braved a cold day in Chicago to show their support for fellow Illinois residents who don’t want to...
Mar 22, 20131 min read
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Don’t Frack IL! Emergency Rally Friday March 22 in Chicago
Come to the Thompson Center/State of IL building on Friday 3/22 @ 11:30 to tell lawmakers & frackers that we want green jobs, not dirty...
Mar 18, 20131 min read
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Anti-fracking protestors stage rally in Springfield
By Tim Landis (tim.landis@sj-r.com) The State Journal-Register Posted Mar 04, 2013 @ 11:33 AM Last update Mar 04, 2013 @ 10:12 PM Video...
Mar 6, 20132 min read
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Video from March 1st Fracking Truth Event
Here is video of The Fracking Truth from March 1st in Carbondale, IL Here is Professor Bill Rau’s Presentation: To Frack or Not to Frack:...
Mar 4, 20131 min read
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