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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
Conflicts, Errors Revealed in Positive Fracking Study
A report that shed favorable light on fracking is at the center of a controversy at the University of Texas. The head of the school’s...
Dec 13, 20122 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
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
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
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
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
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
Longmont Colorado fracking ban storms to victory | Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT, CO — Longmont’s city charter will now ban fracking. By Scott Rochat Longmont Times-Call Posted: 11/06/2012 11:10:03 PM MST...
Nov 10, 20123 min read
Fracking for gas not just a toxic chemical risk | Enformable
Fracking for gas not only uses toxic chemicals that can contaminate drinking and groundwater—it also releases substantial quantities of...
Nov 10, 20125 min read
Cleanup of Most Challenging U.S. Contaminated Groundwater Sites Unlikely for Many Decades
WASHINGTON — At least 126,000 sites across the U.S. have contaminated groundwater that requires remediation, and about 10 percent of...
Nov 9, 20124 min read
After Federal and State Governments Fail to Regulate Fracking, Communities Fight Back | Alternet
The natural gas “gold rush” underway in 31 states is sparking pushback from communities that see themselves as the last line of defense...
Nov 9, 20123 min read
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