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Aug 25, 20131 min read
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...
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Aug 23, 20131 min read
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...
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Aug 18, 20131 min read
Fracking boom could lead to housing bust
By Roger Drouin for Grist When it comes to the real estate market in Bradford County, Pa., where 62,600 residents live above the...
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Aug 11, 20132 min read
A Texan tragedy: ample oil, no water
Fracking boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty Suzanne...
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Aug 6, 20131 min read
Why No One Trusts Oil Companies On Fracking
Click here to read the article from Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorensteffy/2013/08/05/why-no-one-trusts-oil-companies-on-fracking/
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Jul 30, 20131 min read
LA Times: EPA Censored Key Pennsylvania Fracking Water Contamination Study
A must-read Los Angeles Times story by Neela Banerjee demonstrates that – once again – the Obama administration put the kibosh on a key...
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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 27, 20133 min read
Is The Bakken Profitable?
http://energypolicyforum.org/2013/04/07/is-the-bakken-profitable/ By Deborah Rogers When the price of natural gas tanked due to severe...
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Jul 26, 20131 min read
Jared Polis sues to stop fracking next to his Weld County property
Boulder congressman seeks restraining order against energy firm Read the article from The Denver Post here: http://www.denverpost.com/bre...
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Jul 21, 20131 min read
Disposable workers of the oil and gas fields
If you don’t have a college degree, it’s the best job in the West. Unless you die, unnoticed. Feature story – From the April 02, 2007...
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Jul 21, 20132 min read
Couple denied mortgage because of gas drilling
Brian Smith lives near Marcellus Shale well in Daisytown UPDATED 6:49 PM EDT May 08, 2012 WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. —Brian and Amy Smith...
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Jul 17, 20131 min read
69,000 Americans Pledge to Risk Arrest if Keystone XL Pipeline Is Approved
Mint Press News By Trisha Marczak The actions are expected to come in many forms, including mass sit-ins at strategic locations along the...
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Jun 21, 20131 min read
Fracking Bill Triggers Rift Among Illinois Green Groups
Grassroots activists say they feel ‘betrayed’ by mainstream environmental organizations that helped write the state’s new fracking...
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Jun 20, 20131 min read
Illinois’ New Fracking Regulations Might Not Be So Tough After All
By Thomas Stackpole | Tue Jun. 18, 2013 2:23 PM PDT Michael G McKinne /Shutterstock Monday afternoon Illinois governor Pat Quinn signed...
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Jun 14, 20133 min read
Residents Deliver Giant Check to ‘Buy Back’ NY Senator’s Support from Fracking Interests
From EcoWatch June 14, 2013 Southern Tier Residents Southern Tier residents delivered a $202,000 giant eight by three foot fake check to...
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Jun 12, 20132 min read
Frackademia: University of Tennessee Set to Lease Forest For Fracking, Enriching Governor’s Fa
8,600 acres of the Cumberland Forest owned by University of Tennessee-Knoxville will be leased off to the oil and gas industry this...
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Jun 5, 20131 min read
Research Letter from NRDC, Sierra Club
CLICK HERE to read the full letter in pdf Here is an image of the introduction:
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Jun 4, 20132 min read
Letter from South Africa
Click here for the letter in pdf Illinois General Assembly For Attention: The Honorable Governor Pat Quinn State House Springfield, IL...
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Jun 3, 20131 min read
USGS Investigating Water Contamination in Indiana Near Enhanced Oil/Gas Production
The USGS is investigating ground water pollution related to enhanced oil/gas production in Posey County, Indiana. Here is a link to the...
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