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100 Helpful Resources on the Dangers of Fracking
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Jun 4, 20141 min read
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Exxon CEO Joins Lawsuit to Stop Fracking Near His Home
Rex Tillerson finally tells the truth about fracking. It lowers property values. Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson may be the world’s biggest...
Feb 22, 20141 min read
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Fracking’s Thirst for Water: Investors Warned of the Hidden Financial Risks
In dozens of water-scarce counties where fracking is booming, water use is at or approaching more than a billion gallons a year. By Bob...
Feb 9, 20141 min read
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Shalefield Stories: Personal Accounts From the Frontlines of Fracking
Yesterday, Environment America Research & Policy Center joined residents living on the frontlines of fracking who recounted their stories...
Jan 31, 20141 min read
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Amidst Mega-Drought Hundreds Urge Gov. Brown to Ban Fracking at State of the State Address
Around 200 concerned Californians gathered outside the Capitol building today to urge Gov. Brown (D-CA) to mitigate the state’s drought...
Jan 23, 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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Winkeler: I present to you exhibit A in the case against fracking
(Photo) CORRECTS STATE TO W.VA. INSTEAD OF VA. – A worker moves a drilling machine around storage tanks at Freedom Industries storage...
Jan 17, 20143 min read
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Exxon to Face Criminal Charges for 50,000+ Gallon Fracking Wastewater Spill
By Emily Atkin Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy will have to face criminal charges for allegedly dumping tens of thousands of...
Jan 6, 20141 min read
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Inspector General Finds EPA Justified in Intervening to Protect Drinking Water from Fracking
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General found EPA Region 6 was justified in legally intervening to protect...
Dec 26, 20131 min read
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Fracking hell: what it’s really like to live next to a shale gas well
Nausea, headaches and nosebleeds, invasive chemical smells, constant drilling, slumping property prices – welcome to Ponder, Texas, where...
Dec 14, 20132 min read
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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
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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
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Illinois’ draft fracking regulations: haste makes waste
This is a recent blog from one of the lead attorneys who worked on the fracking regulatory bill in the spring, regarding the specific...
Nov 17, 20136 min read
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Fracking’s Dirty Little Secret
by Daryl Hannah and Diane Moss Fracking imposes unnecessary risks on public health and on our diminishing, yet most precious of...
Nov 15, 20131 min read
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Industry Word Games Mislead Americans on Fracking
SkyTruth |November 8, 2013 3:34 pm | Comments By David Manthos Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, and other drilling...
Nov 11, 20131 min read
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Oil and Gas Regulations Fail to Protect Communities’ Water
A report was released today identifying and examining the dangers to water quality posed by oil and gas production in the states of...
Nov 8, 20131 min read
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New Report Exposes Impacts of Fracking on Water
A new report released today reveals the impacts of Marcellus Shale gas development on freshwater resources in Pennsylvania and West...
Oct 31, 20131 min read
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Proposed Fracked-Gas Export Facility from Maryland to Asia Vehemently Opposed
Ted Glick |October 24, 2013 3:43 pm The first town hall meeting concerning the risks of the proposed Cove Point Liquified Natural Gas...
Oct 25, 20131 min read
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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
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Fracking by the Numbers: New Report First to Quantify Damage Done by Gas Drilling
News Release Contact John Rumpler, Environment America Fracking by the Numbers New Report First to Quantify Damage Done by Gas Drilling...
Oct 16, 20133 min read
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