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Jun 2, 20134 min read
Oil Pollution a Bitter Harvest for Illinois Farmers – Los Angeles Times
Environment: State has more than 4,000 abandoned wells, many of whose leaks have harmed soil, water supplies. January 22, 1997|MATT...
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Jun 1, 20134 min read
EPA Documents Illinois Contamination History From Fracking Wastewater
With respect to the industry’s claim that there have been no documented or confirmed cases of water or land contamination, SAFE responds...
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May 31, 20133 min read
“We Can Light Our Water on Fire,” Says Fracking Victim
Carroll County, OH: Joe and Dawn live in a part of Ohio that has seen a boom in the gas, oil and shale industry. And with it has come a...
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May 30, 20131 min read
Marcellus Tourism Study
Natural Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale: Potential Impacts on the Tourism Economy of the Southern Tier by Andrew Rumbach...
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May 30, 20131 min read
Live at Historic Vote in Illinois: Steingraber and Citizens Bust Fracking Bill (Video)
GO TO POST in huffingtonpost.com
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May 29, 20135 min read
New Mexico county first in nation to ban fracking to safeguard water
By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times May 28, 2013, 9:36 p.m. OCATE, N.M. — Sitting in the tidy living room of the home they built themselves,...
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May 28, 20134 min read
Illinois Fracking Fight Continues
EcoWatch May 28, 2013 Will Reynolds Graphic courtesy of Food & Water Watch After lengthy private negotiations, a pro-fracking regulatory...
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May 28, 20133 min read
Illinois Fracking Bill: A Worst Case Scenario
EcoWatch May 28, 2013 William C. Rau The Illinois Fracking Regulatory Bill (SB1715) has been praised as a “national model.” It is a model...
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May 28, 20138 min read
Liability Bombshell: Must-Read Letters From PA and WI Fracking Victims to Illinois Lawmakers
Jeff Biggers Posted: 05/28/2013 10:21 am huffingtonpost.com The world is not just watching the unfolding fracking bill debacle at the...
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May 25, 20139 min read
Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods
The Times-Tribune By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: May 19, 2013 First of two parts State environmental regulators determined...
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May 23, 20134 min read
Steingraber Calls Out Illinois Fracking Regulations
From Ecowatch, by Jeff Biggers, May 23, 2013 Before environmental lobbyists and legislators push a hydraulic fracking bill through the...
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May 21, 20136 min read
Testimony from House Hearing on SB1715
CLICK HERE to go to video of the testimony. Read Dr. Sandra Steingraber’s testimony here: May 21, 2013 Distinguished legislators and...
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May 16, 20131 min read
Quebec Proposes Law to Ban Fracking for Up to 5 Years
By Frederic Tomesco – May 15, 2013 3:30 PM CT Bloomberg Quebec Environment Minister Yves-Francois Blanchet introduced legislation that...
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May 11, 20132 min read
An Open Letter to Illinois Environmentalists about Fracking Legislation
My friends, I think so often of you all and my days as president of the Illinois Environmental Council and State Field Representative of...
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May 9, 20134 min read
Another Spill in PA Town Where Fracking Just Resumed in April After 200,000+ Gallon Spill in March
Wed May 08, 2013 at 01:34 PM PDT Another Spill in PA Town Where Fracking Just Resumed in April After 200,000+ Gallon Spill in March by...
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May 9, 20131 min read
Interview: Energy Investor Bill Powers Discusses Looming Shale Gas Bubble
On Sat., April 27, I met up with energy investor Bill Powers at Prairie Moon Restaurant in Evanston, IL for a mid-afternoon lunch to...
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May 5, 20131 min read
What boom? Industry pundits claim thousands of jobs will be created, but numbers don’t quite add up
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate is now higher than the national average. CLICK HERE to read the article in timesonline.com
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May 5, 20131 min read
Faster Drilling, Diminishing Returns in Shale Plays Nationwide?
Today’s shale gas boom has brought a surge of drilling across the US, driving natural gas prices to historic lows over the past couple of...
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May 2, 20131 min read
List of Fracking Bans Worldwide
HERE IS A LIST of bans on fracking worldwide. It will be updated over time, so click on the link to see the most recent version!
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May 2, 20133 min read
Three Fracking Moratorium Bills Win Key Vote in California Legislature
Center for Biological Diversity For Immediate Release, April 30, 2013Contact:Patrick Sullivan, (415) 632-5316,...
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