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Canadian Police Use Military Tactics to Disperse Indigenous Anti-Fracking Blockade
Friday, 18 October 2013 13:12 By Oscar Leon, The Real News Network | Video Report Click http://truth-out.org/news/item/19496-canadian-pol...
Oct 21, 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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Voters in four Colorado cities may call timeout on fracking
By Bruce Finley The Denver Post Posted: Â 10/13/2013 12:01:00 AM MDT Front Range residents are forcing faceoffs over oil and gas drilling...
Oct 15, 20131 min read
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Canadian Scientists Expose Their Government’s Tar Sands Obsession at DC Briefing
EcoWatch A delegation of Canadian scientists and activists participated in a briefing today at the National Press Club in Washington, DC,...
Oct 14, 20131 min read
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Global Frackdown 2 Calls for a Worldwide Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing
EcoWatch On Oct. 19, people from around the world will unite for a day of action to protest fracking. A project of Food & Water Watch,...
Oct 8, 20131 min read
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Groundbreaking Report Calculates Damage Done by Fracking
EcoWatch October 3, 2013 http://ecowatch.com/2013/report-calculates-damage-by-fracking/ Environment America “The numbers don’t...
Oct 6, 20133 min read
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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
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Fracking ventures can begin registering with state
October 05, 2013 6:00 am  • THE SOUTHERN http://thesouthern.com/news/local/fracking-ventures-can-begin-registering-with-state/article_07...
Oct 6, 20131 min read
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SIU grad Rendleman talks about experience with fracking
The Southern http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu-grad-rendleman-talks-about-experience-with-fracking/article_b0ca0cb4-2cad-11e3-a4e0-00...
Oct 6, 20132 min read
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40 Gallons a Pint: Fracking’s threat to beer in Illinois
Revolution&Beer.com Posted on October 2, 2013 by WC Turck It takes almost 40 gallons of water to produce a single pint of beer. In 1516...
Oct 3, 20135 min read
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Radioactive Wastewater From Fracking Is Found in a Pennsylvania Stream
Smithsonian.com Surprising Science October 2, 2013 New testing of treated wastewater from fracking shows that it contains high levels of...
Oct 3, 20132 min read
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Seismic structure of the Central US crust and shallow upper mantle: Uniqueness of the Reelfoot Rift
Click http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X13002963 Abstract Using seismic surface waves recorded with Earthscope’s...
Oct 2, 20131 min read
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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
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Radiation in Pennsylvania Creek Seen as Legacy of Fracking
Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-02/radiation-in-pennsylvania-creek-seen-as-legacy-of-frackin.html By Jim Efstathiou Jr. –...
Oct 2, 20131 min read
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Fracking Chemicals May Be Unknown, Even To Gas Drillers, Lawsuit Documents Suggest
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/27/fracking-chemicals_n_3998319.html Posted: 09/27/2013 7:33 am EDTÂ Â |Â Â Updated: 09/30/2013 7:41 am...
Sep 30, 20133 min read
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Boxer asks EPA to ensure safety of L.A. neighborhood near oil field
California senator wants the agency to address chemical odors wafting through University Park neighborhood from Allenco oil field. Los...
Sep 30, 20131 min read
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Beyond Clean Coal/Fracking Awards: IL Environmental Council Should Honor These Five Environmental Le
Jeff Biggers Posted: 09/19/2013 3:30 pm in Huffington Post As the nation watches the unfolding crisis of flooded fracking sites in...
Sep 20, 20134 min read
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EXPERTS: FRACKING METHANE LEAKAGE STUDY FINANCED BY GAS INDUSTRY WITH PARTNER, EDF, IS DEEPLY FLAWED
Numerous Problems Outlined With How Study Was Conducted in Order to Achieve Results Inconsistent with Findings of Independent Researchers...
Sep 20, 20134 min read
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Stopping Tar Sand Oil In Central Illinois
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Sep 17, 20131 min read
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East Boulder County United
Click https://www.facebook.com/EastBoulderCountyUnited to visit the facebook page of East Boulder County United, highlighting the damage...
Sep 17, 20131 min read
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