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Representative speaks out about fracking; County Board to attend seminar
Daily American News By Mona Sandefur Feb. 21, 2013 9:23 am FRANKLIN COUNTY — Franklin County Board Chairman Randall Crocker reminded...
Feb 21, 20132 min read
Industry, environmentalists mull “fracking” rules
Seth Perlman FILE – In this Nov. 28, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Bradley, D-Marion, speaks during a veto session at the state Capitol in...
Feb 21, 20134 min read
Groudbreaking Reports Show Fracking is a Risky Short-Term Bubble
Groundbreaking Reports Show Fracking is a Risky Short-Term Bubble EcoWatch Energy Policy Forum and Post Carbon Institute have released...
Feb 21, 20133 min read
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 19, 20133 min read
Foul Water and Fracked Politics
Foul Water and Fracked Politics People’s Tribune February 2, 2013 By Cliff Protest against fracking in Southern Illinois. Crossville, IL,...
Feb 19, 20133 min read
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
Pennsylvania: Shale permits not on ‘trigger list’ for extra review in poor areas
February 10, 2013 12:11 am By Don Hopey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The state Department of Environmental Protection has granted hundreds...
Feb 19, 20136 min read
Whose Fault? Scientists had long suspected frackers caused earthquakes. But when a dead fault unlea
Scientists had long suspected frackers caused earthquakes. But when a dead fault unleashed a 5.6 on Oklahoma, it rocked seismology to...
Feb 18, 20131 min read
Canadian National Farmers Union: NFU Calls For Moratorium on Fracking
Hydraulic Fracking a Danger to Water, Food, Farmland: NFU Calls For Moratorium Go to Canadian National Farmers Union website (Rimbey,...
Feb 18, 20132 min read
Reuters: Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling polluted water
Reuters By Jon Hurdle AVELLA, Pennsylvania | Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:37am EST (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company...
Feb 17, 20134 min read
Lawmakers to decide arguments over fracking in Illlinois
ReviewAtlas.com Feb 15, 2013 SPRINGFIELD — Pumping large amounts of water mixed with chemicals and sand underground to extract oil and...
Feb 17, 20133 min read
New York: A Victory for Fracking Activists Across the State
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to postpone decision on fracking pending further health study Ossining, NY –...
Feb 14, 20131 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...
Feb 13, 20132 min read
Dumping of Toxic Fracking Wastewater Reaffirms Natural Gas Industry Free-for-All in Ohio
02-06-2013 Environment Ohio A week after the dumping of at least 20,000 gallons of toxic and potentially radioactive fracking waste into...
Feb 7, 20132 min read
New Fracking Moratorium Bill Announced
News Release/For immediate release 2-7-13 Written & Submitted by Annette McMichael, SAFE Media Coordinator am@greenmediaservice.com/21...
Feb 7, 20131 min read
Southern Illinois to Hold Earthquake Drill
February 4, 2013 in Mt. Vernon Register-News By RORYE O’CONNOR rorye.oconnor@register-news.com MT. VERNON — — Geologists say the Southern...
Feb 5, 20132 min read
Fracking Negotiations Continuing
January 31, 2013 BY NICK MARIANO, THE SOUTHERN Negotiations between several interests over the drafting of Illinois legislation to...
Jan 31, 20132 min read
Citizen Asks Board for Fracking Moratorium
The January meeting of the Saline County Board Thursday heard from visitor Judy Winkler about the danger of fracking. by Tom Kane, Staff...
Jan 25, 20133 min read
Anti-Fracking Group Wants Local Control on Drilling
By Hilary LeHew By Benjy Jeffords Story Created: Jan 24, 2013 at 6:09 PM CST Story Updated: Jan 24, 2013 at 6:56 PM CST WSIL — A group...
Jan 24, 20132 min read
Local Control News Release
NEWS RELEASE 1-24-13 For Immediate Release Written & Submitted by: Annette McMichael/SAFE Media Relations Coordinator...
Jan 24, 20132 min read
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