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Drill next door: Here’s what it looks like when fracking moves in
By Erik Hoffner Grist guest contributorWhen my wife and I pulled into a relative’s subdivision in Frederick, Colo., after a wedding on a...
Aug 30, 20131 min read
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Record-Breaking Renewable Energy Capacity Pushes Fossil Fuel Plants to Close in Germany
EcoWatch August 23, 2013 Germany’s renewable energy industry has again shown its strength, shattering through another solar power record,...
Aug 25, 20132 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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Unfair Share: How Oil and Gas Drillers Avoid Paying Royalties
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, Aug. 13, 2013, 10:20 a.m. Don Feusner ran dairy cattle on his 370-acre slice of northern Pennsylvania...
Aug 25, 201311 min read
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Oil sands pipeline avoids Keystone XL scrutiny
St. Louis Post-Dispatch By JEFFREY TOMICH jtomich@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8320 SHELBINA, Mo. •The most valuable piece of farmland in...
Aug 25, 20131 min read
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Petition to Ban Fracking on Public Lands
Click here http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/fracking-on-public-lands/ to sign the Food and Water Watch petition to ban...
Aug 23, 20131 min read
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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....
Aug 23, 20131 min read
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Drought-Stricken Texas Fracks Its Way to Water Shortages
EcoWatch By Laura Beans With above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation, according to the National Weather Service’s July...
Aug 23, 20131 min read
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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...
Aug 23, 20131 min read
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