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Sep 15, 20131 min read
New research: more than half of landowners report problems with shale gas development on their land
Amy Mall’s Blog Posted September 12, 2013 in Health and the Environment Earlier this year, researchers from West Virginia University...
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Sep 11, 20131 min read
Granville Co. votes no to fracking
Posted: Sep 03, 2013 10:46 PM CST Updated: Sep 04, 2013 6:34 AM CST by Eileen Park – bio | email OXFORD, N.C. – Hydraulic fracturing, or...
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Sep 9, 20131 min read
Author to speak on region’s environmental importance
BY NICK MARIANO, THE SOUTHERN CARBONDALE — Award winning author Jeff Biggers will present his take on progressive activism, linking...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
Extraction Frontlines Organizing: Interview With Illinois South Founder Dave Ostendorf on Coal, Frac
Jeff Biggers Author of ‘State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream’ Posted: 09/06/2013 10:12 am at...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
Petition: Don’t let energy corporations silence kids about fracking with gag orders!
“Stop silencing children. Take immediate legal action to remove the Hallowich children from the gag order placed on their family, and...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
The Flip Side Of Obama’s Keystone XL Delay
Even as President Obama cast a veneer of caution over the Keystone pipeline’s northern half, he quietly expedited dozens of similar...
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Sep 5, 20131 min read
Confirmed: Fracking practices to blame for Ohio earthquakes
From NBC News Charles Q. Choi LiveScience Sep. 4, 2013 at 3:54 PM ET USGS This map shows the intensity of shaking in the area of a...
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Sep 5, 20131 min read
Statement on Preliminary Findings from the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project Study
Concerned Health Professionals of NY August 27, 2013 by Larysa Dyrszka, MD; Kathleen Nolan, MD, MSL; and Sandra Steingraber, PhD Early...
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Sep 5, 20131 min read
I just decreased my Arlington TX homesteads value 31% citing fracking nearby
Posted on August 23, 2013 in Arlington TX Barnett Shale Blogger “I protested the value of my home last month with the Tarrant County...
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Sep 5, 20132 min read
Confirmed: Fracking Triggers Quakes and Seismic Chaos
Mother Jones —By Kate Sheppard, Jaeah Lee, and Brett Brownell | Thu Jul. 11, 2013 11:04 AM PDT Mother Jones World map vector: Antun...
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Sep 3, 20131 min read
“Frackademia” By Law: Section 999 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Exposed
With the school year starting for many this week, it’s another year of academia for professors across the United States – and another...
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Aug 25, 20132 min read
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...
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Aug 23, 20131 min read
Five Ways to Stop President Obama’s Plan to Frack America
From Ecowatch: When President Obama delivered his speech on climate change in June, we all welcomed his renewed focus on this crisis....
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Aug 23, 20131 min read
Wisconsin county board approves moratorium on frac sand mines
Mining moratorium reflects concerns over effects on human health. WHITEHALL, Wis. – After issuing more frac sand mining permits than any...
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Aug 20, 20131 min read
Petition: Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC): Refuse Enbridge the Right of Eminent Domain for its Ta
Click here to read about and sign the petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/illinois-commerce-commission-icc-refuse-enbridge-the-righ...
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Aug 13, 20131 min read
Water Contamination from Fracking: Jessica Ernst Releases Groundbreaking Report
Written by Damien Gillis Thursday, 20 June 2013 12:53 Jessica Ernst, a high-profile, Alberta-based environmental consultant, has released...
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Jul 28, 20132 min read
Potential well water contaminants highest near natural gas drilling, UT Arlington study says
University of Texas Arlington 26 July 2013 Media Contact: Traci Peterson, Office:817-272-9208, Cell:817-521-5494, tpeterso@uta.edu A new...
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Jul 26, 20131 min read
Anti-fracking groups call for Colorado oil and gas director to resign
Jul 25, 2013, 6:30pm MDT A coalition of nearly 50 groups opposed to the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Colorado has called...
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Jul 26, 20131 min read
Effort to speed up fracking derailed in NC House
Published: July 26, 2013 By John Murawski — jmurawski@newsobserver.com A last-minute legislative effort to speed up the state’s fracking...
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