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EPA Changed Course After Gas Company Protested
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Associated Press WEATHERFORD, Texas January 16, 2013 (AP) When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his...
Jan 16, 20136 min read
Breaking: Obama EPA Shut Down Weatherford, TX Shale Gas Water Contamination Study
Posted at DeSmogBlog on Wed, 2013-01-16 11:15 by Steve Horn The Associated Press has a breaking investigative story out today revealing...
Jan 16, 20133 min read
5 Reasons Natural Gas Won’t Be an Environmental and Economic Savior
We aren’t going to be able to drill our way out of the climate crisis without creating an even bigger mess in the process. January 10,...
Jan 13, 20137 min read
America’s Secret Fracking War
It might not get as much media attention as the conflict in Afghanistan, but its stakes could be infinitely higher By Ellen Cantarow,...
Jan 9, 201311 min read
Alto Pass Signs Fracking Ban
From the Goreville Gazette Opponents of the mining process known as hydraulic fracturing are praising a recent ordinance signed by the...
Jan 6, 20134 min read
Henry Henderson: No fracking in Illinois until communities are safe
Henry Henderson directs the Midwest Program for the Natural Resources Defense Council, a green group with 1.3 million members and...
Jan 6, 20133 min read
Elected Officials to Protect New York, Press Conference
Published on Nov 16, 2012 550 NYS elected officials have pledged to “Elected Officials to Protect NY”. Binghampton Mayor Matthew Ryan,...
Dec 27, 20121 min read
Closer to Fantasy than Fact: the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Report on the Economic Impact of Shale
NEWS RELEASE December 19, 2012 Media Contacts: Dawn Dannenbring, Illinois Peoples’ Action 309-827-9627; dawn@ciop.org Dr. William...
Dec 21, 20124 min read
Fracking Battle Continues to Brew
From WPSD Local 6 ALTO PASS, Il.—The battle lines are being drawn. One side says fracking could create 47 thousand jobs just in...
Dec 16, 20122 min read
MORE THAN 100 LEADING MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS URGE WHITE HOUSE TO HALT RUSH TO EXPANDED SHALE GA
First, Do No Harm: Get the Health Facts Now Is the Message From Petitioners to Obama WASHINGTON, D.C.///December 13, 2012///Moving...
Dec 16, 20127 min read
New York Attorney General to Sue EPA Over Methane Emissions
New York’s Attorney General Files Intent to Sue EPA for Failing to Address Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Industry According to a...
Dec 14, 20124 min read
Court Strikes Down Local Zoning Provisions of Act 13 – Canon-McMillan, PA Patch
This story relates to a ruling that says a state (in this case Pennsylvania) cannot make a law that strips local government from banning...
Dec 14, 20122 min read
Village of Alto Pass, IL Bans Fracking
NEWS RELEASE Written & Submitted by: Annette McMichael/SAFE Media Relations Director 12-13-12/For Immediate Release Alto Pass Signs...
Dec 13, 20122 min read
Fracking: EU Warns of “High Risk” to Environment – The Price of Oil
The European Union is the latest organisation to raise serious concerns about the environmental impact of fracking. The EU has released...
Dec 12, 20123 min read
Americans Against Fracking Calls for a Ban on Fracking in the United States | Food & Water Watch
New Coalition of Over 100 Organizations Urges Local, State and Federal Lawmakers to Protect Americans Against Controversial, Unsafe...
Dec 12, 20125 min read
Williamson County learns about fracking issues – Marion, IL | The Daily Republican
Harrisburg geologist Kevin Reimer spoke in support of fracking. To frack, or not to frack? That was the question at a special meeting of...
Dec 11, 20123 min read
Fracking Companies Clash with Grain Shippers and Army Corps of Engineers over Use of Mississsippi Ri
Mississippi River (photo: Robert Ray, AP) The continuing drought of 2012—which has created abnormally dry conditions over 80% of the...
Dec 10, 20122 min read
Couple caught up in fracking debate | Williamson County, IL
A rural Williamson County couple was surprised to learn that the rights they own for oil and gas on their property may not protect them...
Dec 10, 20122 min read
Couple Caught Up in Fracking Debate
December 10, 2012 7:00 am • BY BECKY MALKOVICH, The Southern A rural Williamson County couple was surprised to learn that the rights...
Dec 9, 20122 min read
Gas Drilling’s Passive Regulator: Lease Holders Unaware of Violations on Gas Wells
While landowners are profiting from fracking in Pennsylvania, it’s up to them to hunt down potentially deadly violations. The newscasters...
Dec 9, 20121 min read
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