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EPA drastically underestimates methane released at drilling sites
Also Ozone treaty, world wars slowed global warming, study says Small microbes almost killed all life on Earth, study suggests How much...
Apr 15, 20141 min read
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Report Offers Grim Predictions for South Texas Air Quality Amid Eagle Ford Oil Boom
State-funded study projects dramatic increase in emissions from oil and gas development by 2018. Jim Morris, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer...
Apr 13, 20141 min read
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Oil Consultant Turned Whistleblower Exposes Fracking Crimes in Alberta
Anthony Hall | April 8, 2014 This You Tube is a compilation of segments from a 90 minute talk. Jessica Ernst worked for more than three...
Apr 8, 20141 min read
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Congress to EPA: Investigate and Address Water Contamination From Fracking
For the first time, members of Congress today called upon U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to...
Apr 3, 20141 min read
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Facing Unprecedented Extraction Crisis, Illinois Environmental Groups Make Call to Action
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-reynolds/illinois-faces-unpreceden_b_5036219.html Will Reynolds Illinois Environmental Politics...
Apr 1, 20144 min read
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Johnson County Board receives draft ‘bill of rights’
http://thesouthern.com/news/johnson-county-board-receives-draft-bill-of-rights/article_2c48cff7-5b67-5654-95d6-4f355dc8faea.html March...
Mar 26, 20142 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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Yes – 42% for Right to Self-government, Ban Fracking, No – 58%: Still a Strong Showing o
Johnson County fracking ban defeated 2 hours ago • By Nick Mariano 0 VIENNA – A divisive and what many called a confusing ballot...
Mar 19, 20142 min read
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Research Lights Up Fracking’s Black Hole
Industry’s silent treatment has been wildly successful Thanks to a silent industry, large-scale studies of gas drilling’s impacts on...
Mar 16, 20141 min read
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Straight Talk About Fracking from Johnson County Resident Tony Gerard
Johnson County resident Tony Gerard speaks out about fracking in Johnson County, about ordinary citizens expressing how they feel about...
Mar 10, 20141 min read
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Drilling vs the American Dream: Fracking impacts on property rights and home values
http://www.resource-media.org/drilling-vs-the-american-dream-fracking-impacts-on-property-rights-and-home-values/#.UxVGtIXEH6D November...
Mar 3, 20141 min read
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FrackGate Comes to Illinois? Media Blackout on Fracking Vote
Jeff Biggers | February 26, 2014 9:14 pm | Comments As the national media puts the spotlight on the “FrackGate” public relations scandal...
Feb 27, 20144 min read
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Biggest Concerns Still Unanswered in Gov. Kasich’s Collusion With Fracking Industry
By Brian Kunkemoeller Ohio’s Gov. John Kasich reversed his position on fracking public lands in response to public outcry about the...
Feb 25, 20141 min read
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Silverstein Introduces New Fracking Moratorium Bill SB3386
2/21/14, Sabrina Hardenbergh, SAFE Newsletter/Web Team. This may not exactly be Valentine’s Day true love, but on Friday, February 14,...
Feb 21, 20142 min read
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Risks of Fracking Boom Draw Renewed Attention from Investors
A coalition of investors called out five oil and gas companies for failing to measure or reduce risks associated with fracking on...
Feb 20, 20141 min read
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The New Fracking Statute: A Huge Loophole and, worse yet, a Trojan Horse
by Vito A. Mastrangelo February 12, 2014 During the recent debate about new methods of fracking, the oil and gas industry used the term...
Feb 16, 20145 min read
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Gas Drilling Explosion Highlights Problems of Proximity to Homes and Schools
Delaware Riverkeeper Network | February 13, 2014 6:19 pm | Comments On Feb. 11, the town of Dunkard, PA was rocked by an explosion at a...
Feb 14, 20141 min read
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No Pipe Dream: Is Fracking About to Arrive on Your Doorstep?
Daniel Foster / Flickr)For the past several years, I’ve been writing about what happens when big oil and gas corporations drill where...
Jan 30, 20141 min read
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Illinois Fracking Law Has Big Loophole, Environmentalists Say
Measure kicks in when 80,000 gallons of fluid is injected into rock — but many potential fracking firms will use gas, foam or gel instead...
Jan 29, 20141 min read
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Rural county to take Illinois fracking debate to the ballot box
Posted on 01/16/2014 by Kari Lydersen Main Street in Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois where voters will decide on an anti-fracking ballot...
Jan 17, 20141 min read
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