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Fracking Operations Run Roughshod over Pennsylvania Homeowners
On a recent trip to western Pennsylvania, I visited a man who lived along a leafy country road. He showed me around the house he had...
Oct 24, 20123 min read
SAFE Featured in Ad to Governor Cuomo of NY
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Charlotte today, but he’s getting a message in the local newspaper here from an anti-fracking group back home in...
Oct 24, 20121 min read
Fracking Hazards Obscured in Failure to Disclose Wells – Bloomberg
Seeking to quell environmental concerns about the chemicals it shoots underground to extract oil and natural gas, Apache Corp. (APA) told...
Oct 24, 201211 min read
Amy Goodman: Shale-shocked citizens fight back
Western Pennsylvania is considered the birthplace of commercial oil drilling. On Aug. 27, 1859, Edwin Drake struck oil in Titusville,...
Oct 24, 20123 min read
Promised Land Official Trailer [HD]: Matt Damon, John Krasinski & Frances McDormand – You
The official trailer for ‘Promised Land’ starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski and Frances McDormand. A salesman for a natural gas company...
Oct 24, 20121 min read
The Trillion-Gallon Loophole: Lax Rules for Drillers that Inject Pollutants Into the Earth – P
On a cold, overcast afternoon in January 2003, two tanker trucks backed up to an injection well site in a pasture outside Rosharon,...
Oct 24, 201218 min read
Energy Insecurity: Why Fracking for Oil and Natural Gas Is a False Solution
Oil and Gas Industry Aims to Build 19 New Facilities to Export Natural Gas U.S. New Report Explains Why Fracking for Oil and Gas Will...
Oct 22, 20124 min read
Unearthed: The Fracking Facade – Video
Un•earthed: Setting the track record straight – A video exposing a flawed claim often abused in the sales pitch for promoting shale gas...
Oct 21, 20121 min read
Video: The Illinois Fracking Moratorium Movement
Produced by Cindy Green. Did you know there are Illinois residents who are already affected by existing drilling and frack water...
Oct 19, 20121 min read
New Report Confirms Fracking is Reckless « EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environment
A new report on shale resources and hydraulic fracturing from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)—an independent, nonpartisan...
Oct 16, 20124 min read
EPA Report Links Fracking To Water Pollution
This May 2009 picture shows John Fenton, a farmer who lives near Pavillion in central Wyoming, standing near a tank used in natural gas...
Oct 15, 20122 min read
What About Radioactive Materials? | Stuart H. Smith
Imagine trying to dump a bunch of potentially radioactive oil waste in a regular municipal landfill without any permits or even testing....
Oct 15, 20123 min read
Halliburton’s Radioactive Frack Rod Found Alongside Texas Highway After Going Missing
Holy frack that was close! Public relations people and top-level executives at Halliburton, one of the world’s largest oilfield services...
Oct 12, 20122 min read
No fracking for ten years – says EU Commissioner for Energy – Local – Leitrim Obse
No fracking for ten years – says EU Commissioner for Energy – Local – Leitrim Observer. Senator Paschal Mooney with EU Commissioner for...
Oct 8, 20123 min read
Unusual Dallas Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, Expert Says – Yahoo! News
Unusual Dallas Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, Expert Says – Yahoo! News. Three unusual earthquakes that shook a suburb west of Dallas...
Oct 7, 20123 min read
Stop Airing Oil and Gas Industry Lies During National Newscasts!
Stop Airing Oil and Gas Industry Lies During National Newscasts! People watch national news programs to get credible, honest information...
Oct 7, 20121 min read
Cabot’s Methodology Links Tainted Water Wells to Gas Fracking – Bloomberg
#NaturalGas #NaturalGasDrilling #Pennsylvania
Oct 7, 20121 min read
NRDC: More Research Needed to Understand Health Risks of Fracking
Frances Beinecke: More Research Needed to Understand Health Risks of Fracking. A few weeks ago I went to Linda and David Headley’s farm...
Oct 7, 20123 min read
The Beachwood Reporter – Your Guide To Illinois Fracking
The Beachwood Reporter – Your Guide To Illinois Fracking. Your Guide To Illinois Fracking By Steve Rhodes “Fracking is coming to...
Oct 7, 20122 min read
The big frack – Illinois Issues – A Publication of the University of Illinois at Springf
The big frack – Illinois Issues – A Publication of the University of Illinois at Springfield – UIS. While hydraulic fracturing is hardly...
Oct 7, 201210 min read
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