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Fracking Companies Clash with Grain Shippers and Army Corps of Engineers over Use of Mississsippi Ri
Mississippi River (photo: Robert Ray, AP) The continuing drought of 2012—which has created abnormally dry conditions over 80% of the...
Dec 10, 20122 min read
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Williamson County
Williamson County Has Not Taken A Stand on a Moratorium Williamson County Commissioner Brent Gentry said a representative from Woolsey...
Dec 10, 20125 min read
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Franklin County
Update February 21, 2013 Representative speaks out about fracking; County Board to attend seminar Daily American News By Mona Sandefur...
Dec 10, 20124 min read
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Couple caught up in fracking debate | Williamson County, IL
A rural Williamson County couple was surprised to learn that the rights they own for oil and gas on their property may not protect them...
Dec 10, 20122 min read
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Taking a Harder Look at Fracking and Health
PHILADELPHIA – A coalition of academic researchers in the United States is preparing to shine a rigorous scientific light on the...
Dec 10, 20123 min read
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Couple Caught Up in Fracking Debate
December 10, 2012 7:00 am  • BY BECKY MALKOVICH, The Southern A rural Williamson County couple was surprised to learn that the rights...
Dec 10, 20122 min read
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Jackson County
May 2012 The Jackson County Board Legislative committee met May1st, 2012. Board member Julie Peterson brought up the fracking issue. She...
Dec 9, 20122 min read
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Gas Drilling’s Passive Regulator: Lease Holders Unaware of Violations on Gas Wells
While landowners are profiting from fracking in Pennsylvania, it’s up to them to hunt down potentially deadly violations. The newscasters...
Dec 9, 20121 min read
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How much water is on Earth? USGS Water Science School
How much water is on Earth? The drawings below show various blue spheres representing relative amounts of Earth’s water in comparison to...
Dec 9, 20122 min read
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