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Bayou Frack-Out: The Massive Oil and Gas Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of
Thursday, 06 December 2012 10:21 By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report Located about 45 miles south of Baton Rouge, Assumption Parish...
Dec 7, 201210 min read
Water Fight: Drought, Farming, Fracking And The Midwest’s Tense Shipping Situation
Barge workers on the Mississippi River near St. Louis on Dec. 2, 2012 (Credit (via Flickr/pasa47). Low river levels have caused...
Dec 4, 20123 min read
BIG OIL TELLS BIG LIES ABOUT FRACKING
In a recent guest column in the Southern Illinoisan, I argued that: Water for Oil is a Fool’s Trade. Kyna Legner, identified as “field...
Dec 4, 20127 min read
Get the Frack out of Illinois – Chicago Independent | Examiner.com
“Get the Frack out of Illinois!” That was the title of Monday’s announcement by the consumer and environmental advocacy group Food &...
Dec 4, 20125 min read
Fracking regulations back on the agenda in Illinois | Midwest Energy News
The debate over hydraulic fracturing regulation in Illinois will return to the front burner in coming weeks. Fracking regulations will...
Dec 4, 20125 min read
Pipelines leak, gas soaks into ground, goes BOOM!
The former pipeline executive who spoke on condition of anonymity laughed when asked about first responders finding leaks. “This...
Dec 3, 20122 min read
Fracking Our Food Supply | The Nation
This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an investigative reporting nonprofit focusing...
Nov 30, 201217 min read
IDNR grants permit for an open pit mine in Morris, Illinois
UTICA, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Mines and Minerals has given the go-ahead to a controversial open...
Nov 27, 20123 min read
Fracking in America – YouTube
For years now, the United States has tried to lower its dependence on foreign oil for its energy needs. With stability in the Middle East...
Nov 26, 20121 min read
Facts should be what determines fracking debate
The following article was published November 23, 2012 1:00 am by LES WINKELER, The Southern in response to “Fact’s, not fear, needed in...
Nov 24, 20123 min read
Chicago TV To Air “Stop The Frack Attack”
Labor Beat presents this video produced by Greene Chair Productions about a serious environmental issue affecting working people…and...
Nov 21, 20122 min read
SAFE responds to IPAA: Accuses SAFE of Misleading the Public
On October 25th, in their publication “Energy in Depth” the Independent Petroleum Association of America singled out SAFE as an...
Nov 20, 201210 min read
Carbondale Votes Unanimously to Support Statewide Fracking Moratorium | Environment Illinois
For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Carbondale, IL—In a unanimous decision, the Carbondale City Council passed a...
Nov 18, 20122 min read
How Google Is Helping the Gas Lobby Support Fracking
Ads on Google have placed pro-fracking propaganda at the top of Google search results and into the middle of an important discussion on...
Nov 15, 20128 min read
Press Release: Fracking for Support: Natural gas industry pumps cash into Congress – Common Ca
New report details 10-year spending campaign by fracking interests to avoid regulation Contact: James Browning 215-605-6315 Natural gas...
Nov 15, 20122 min read
How ‘Landfarms’ For Disposing Drilling Waste Are Causing Problems In Texas
Landfarms are privately-owned but state-regulated fields where “low toxicity waste” is thinly spread then tilled into the soil. The...
Nov 14, 20124 min read
Carbondale leaders vote to block ‘fracking’
CARBONDALE, IL KFVS -Carbondale leaders voted to support a resolution that would stop fracturing in Illinois. http://www.kfvs12.com/story...
Nov 13, 20121 min read
Illinois Peoples Action’s Accountability Meeting with Elected Officials: Ban Fracking (PICTURES / VI
Over 150 people attended a Saturday morning community meeting to oppose fracking in McLean County. Organized by Illinois People’s Action,...
Nov 13, 20123 min read
More than 140 sign petition that calls for ban on fracking
NORMAL — More than 140 residents signed a petition Saturday that calls for a ban on fracking, the method of extracting oil or gas from...
Nov 13, 20122 min read
Pittsburgh Ban on Natural Gas Fracking Faces Challenge from State Authorities
In 2010, Pittsburgh adopted a first-in-the-nation ordinance banning corporations from extracting natural gas within the city using the...
Nov 11, 20121 min read
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