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Colbert Calls Out Fracking Company for Lifetime Gag Order on Children
EcoWatch By Lauren Berlekamp For years, the fracking industry and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have repeated the talking...
Aug 19, 20131 min read
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President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Not Even Close
Tom Weis Unfortunately for all of us, the blueprint he presented is more PR than plan, and has zero chance of stabilizing the climate. To...
Aug 12, 20131 min read
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Victory in Fracking Wastewater Fight in PA
Earthjustice If not for the effort of Clean Water Action and Earthjustice, a wastewater treatment plant in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Aug 8, 20131 min read
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An Open Letter to President Obama from Gasland Director Josh Fox
Josh Fox Dear President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Moniz, Heather Zichal and Valerie Jarrett, We are aware that your...
Jul 31, 20131 min read
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The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells
DeSmog Canada By Elizabeth Hand Early scientific analysis predicted that the risks associated with hazardous waste injection wells would...
Jul 5, 20131 min read
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Questioning Obama
For Immediate Release June 24, 2013 PHYSICIANS, SCIENTISTS, AND ENGINEERS QUESTION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION TO HAND CONTROL OF...
Jun 27, 20132 min read
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Rockland County Bans Radioactive Fracking Waste
June 5, 2013 Grassroots Environmental Education A coalition of health and environmental groups have joined together to congratulate the...
Jun 26, 20131 min read
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With Unusual Speed Officials Slap Exxon with Oil Spill Lawsuit. Why?
The suit that state and federal officials recently filed could signal they are especially upset with Exxon’s conduct. It could also be...
Jun 22, 20131 min read
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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...
Jun 20, 20131 min read
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New Report Finds Fracking Poses Health Risks to Pregnant Women and Children
The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) today released a new report outlining the health risks to pregnant women and young children...
Jun 15, 20131 min read
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Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania
Don’t expect the government to protect you from this pernicious industry. Alternet By Ellen Cantarow May 2, 2013 More than 70 years ago,...
May 2, 201312 min read
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Fracking Truck Sets Off Radiation Alarm At Landfill
Forbes 4/24/1013 Jeff McMahon, Contributor A truck carrying drill cuttings from a hydraulic fracturing pad in the Marcellus Shale was...
Apr 28, 20133 min read
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The Fracking Frenzy’s Impact on Women
From PR Watch by Sara Jerving — April 4, 2012 – 8:44am Rogue Pressure Service’s “pink rig” in Colorado Hydraulic fracturing, or...
Apr 4, 20135 min read
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Ohio Group: MADION Mothers Against Drilling In Our Neighborhoods
MADION Mothers Against Drilling In Our Neighborhoods Check out this AMAZING group of moms and other concerned residents in Ohio! This is...
Apr 4, 20133 min read
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Link Between Low Birth Weight and Fracking, Says New Research
By Kristen Meriwether Epoch Times Staff Created: July 19, 2012 Last Updated: July 31, 2012 (L-R) Senators Liz Krueger, Bill Perkins, Tony...
Feb 20, 20133 min read
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Pennsylvania Clinic for Victims of Fracking: SW PA Environmental Health Project
Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project Go to their website Raina Rippel, Project Director SWPA Environmental Health Project...
Feb 19, 20132 min read
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Video: Unsafe conditions at fracking site
Randy Moyer, who trucked brine from wells to treatment plants and back to wells, now suffers from dizziness, blurred vision, headaches,...
Feb 13, 20131 min read
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Presentation by MD on dangers and risks of high-volume fracking
Health Concerns From Unconventional Gas Extraction by Leslie Walleigh MD, MPH Go to Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project...
Feb 8, 20131 min read
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