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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...
May 28, 20138 min read
Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods
The Times-Tribune By Laura Legere (Staff Writer) Published: May 19, 2013 First of two parts State environmental regulators determined...
May 25, 20139 min read
Steingraber Calls Out Illinois Fracking Regulations
From Ecowatch, by Jeff Biggers, May 23, 2013 Before environmental lobbyists and legislators push a hydraulic fracking bill through the...
May 23, 20134 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...
May 23, 20133 min read
After One Arrest, Sit In Continues Demanding Moratorium on Fracking
Ecowatch Concerned Residents of Illinois After more than a hundred Illinoisans packed a hearing and rallied in the Capitol yesterday for...
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...
May 22, 20133 min read
Southern Illinois, The Newest Fracking Frontier
READ THIS ARTICLE from the Mackinaw Valley Institute
May 22, 20131 min read
“Gasland 2” Grassroots Premiere in Illinois Highlights Industry PSYOPS and Ongoing Frack
“Gasland 2” screened yesterday in Normal, IL and DeSmogBlog was there to gain a sneak peak of the documentary set for a July 8 HBO...
May 21, 20131 min read
‘Fracking’ critics seek more safeguards in Illinois
By Kenneth Lowe | klowe@pantagraph.com BLOOMINGTON — With Illinois lawmakers poised to vote on a bill that would allow “fracking” in...
May 21, 20132 min read
Johnson County passes fracking moratorium
BY STEPHEN RICKERL, The Southern The Johnson County Board of Commissioners on Monday passed a one-year moratorium on hy-draulic...
May 21, 20132 min read
5th Illinois county supports ‘fracking’ moratorium
Updated 3:34 pm, Monday, May 20, 2013 VIENNA, Ill. (AP) — The Johnson County Board of Commissioners has passed a resolution supporting a...
May 20, 20131 min read
‘Gasland Part II’ tour to launch in Normal
Oscar nominee brings follow-up documentary to state to combat ‘fracking’ By Julie Wernau, Chicago Tribune reporter May 19, 2013 CLICK...
May 19, 20131 min read
Quebec Proposes Law to Ban Fracking for Up to 5 Years
By Frederic Tomesco – May 15, 2013 3:30 PM CT Bloomberg Quebec Environment Minister Yves-Francois Blanchet introduced legislation that...
May 16, 20131 min read
An Open Letter to Illinois Environmentalists about Fracking Legislation
My friends, I think so often of you all and my days as president of the Illinois Environmental Council and State Field Representative of...
May 11, 20132 min read
Press Release: Anti-Fracking Activists Drop Banner in Illinois Capitol
CLICK HERE to go to the press release by Rising Tide Chicago!
May 10, 20131 min read
Johnson County board hears fracking input
The Southern May 09, 2013 1:30 am • BY SCOTT FITZGERALD THE SOUTHERN GOREVILLE — Johnson County Board Chairman Jeff Mears said he wants...
May 10, 20132 min read
Johnson County Residents Weigh-In on Fracking
By Fanna Haile-Selassie By Andy Shofstall wsiltv3 Story Created: May 8, 2013 at 10:17 PM CDT Story Updated: May 8, 2013 at 10:42 PM CDT...
May 9, 20132 min read
Another Spill in PA Town Where Fracking Just Resumed in April After 200,000+ Gallon Spill in March
Wed May 08, 2013 at 01:34 PM PDT Another Spill in PA Town Where Fracking Just Resumed in April After 200,000+ Gallon Spill in March by...
May 9, 20134 min read
Interview: Energy Investor Bill Powers Discusses Looming Shale Gas Bubble
On Sat., April 27, I met up with energy investor Bill Powers at Prairie Moon Restaurant in Evanston, IL for a mid-afternoon lunch to...
May 9, 20131 min read
Appeals court upholds local fracking bans in New York
By Associated Press business staff on May 02, 2013 at 2:55 PM, updated May 02, 2013 at 3:01 PM ALBANY, N.Y. — A mid-level state appeals...
May 5, 20131 min read
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