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Mar 10, 20141 min read
Straight Talk About Fracking from Johnson County Resident Tony Gerard
Johnson County resident Tony Gerard speaks out about fracking in Johnson County, about ordinary citizens expressing how they feel about...
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Mar 3, 20141 min read
Breaking: 400 Youths Arrested at White House Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline
Today more than 1,200 youths from across the country marched to the White House from Georgetown University—where President Obama laid out...
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Oct 2, 20131 min read
Hunter speaks out against governor’s approval of hydraulic fracturing
http://www.senatedem.ilga.gov/index.php/sen-hunter-home/3539-hunter-speaks-out-against-governors-approval-of-hydraulic-fracturing-...
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Sep 20, 20134 min read
Beyond Clean Coal/Fracking Awards: IL Environmental Council Should Honor These Five Environmental Le
Jeff Biggers Posted: 09/19/2013 3:30 pm in Huffington Post As the nation watches the unfolding crisis of flooded fracking sites in...
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Sep 9, 20131 min read
Author to speak on region’s environmental importance
BY NICK MARIANO, THE SOUTHERN CARBONDALE — Award winning author Jeff Biggers will present his take on progressive activism, linking...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
Extraction Frontlines Organizing: Interview With Illinois South Founder Dave Ostendorf on Coal, Frac
Jeff Biggers Author of ‘State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream’ Posted: 09/06/2013 10:12 am at...
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Aug 25, 20132 min read
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...
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Aug 19, 20131 min read
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...
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Jul 3, 201312 min read
Fracking Independence Day: Frontline Group SAFE Appeals for Support and Action
Posted in Huffington Post by Jeff Biggers on 07/03/2013 The fracking rush in the heartland may have been unleashed by ill-conceived...
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Jun 2, 20131 min read
Fracking Southern Illinois: Faithful Opposition
Fracking Southern Illinois: Faithful Opposition from Tim Frakes on Vimeo.
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May 30, 20131 min read
Dr. Steingraber, and Jeff Biggers, standing up for Illinois
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf-7zXlRZyk&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PVCpfSZ7Jk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGu...
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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 23, 20133 min read
Protestors seek audience with Quinn over fracking
Goreville Gazette May 23, 2013 by Joe Rehana Posted May 23, 2013 by Joe Rehana in News Dayna Connor, Angie Viands and Josh Trost sit in...
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May 22, 20133 min read
Saline landowner sitting outside Quinn’s office in fracking protest
Dayna Conner owns land and maintains a residence in the Stonefort area and does not believe the state should allow the practice of...
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Apr 20, 20133 min read
Sandra Steingraber: Prepared Sentencing Statement for the Reading Town Court, April 17, 2013
Your Honor, I am not a lawyer. I am a biologist and a human being. I am also a mother of a 14-year-old and an 11-year-old. I bring all...
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Mar 25, 20132 min read
Letter from 10-year-old Southern Illinois Resident Makes More Sense than All the Propaganda
The following letter is written by a 10-year-old Southern Illinois resident, addressed to President Obama. Note the letter’s wisdom and...
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Mar 7, 20132 min read
New York Assembly Approves Two-Year Moratorium on Fracking
Bloomberg News New York Assembly Approves Two-Year Moratorium on Fracking By Freeman Klopott on March 06, 2013 New York’s Assembly...
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Feb 13, 20132 min read
Senator Hunter, Anti-Fracking Forces Push Illinois Moratorium
From the Illinois Observer Wednesday, 13 February 2013 Coming on the heals of the roll out of a new pro-fracking, business-labor...
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Jan 6, 201311 min read
Meet Anthony Ingraffea—From Industry Insider to Implacable Fracking Opponent
by Ellen Cantarow Why, exactly, is high-volume slickwater hydraulic fracturing such a devastating industry? How best to describe its...
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