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Petition: Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC): Refuse Enbridge the Right of Eminent Domain for its Ta
Click here to read about and sign the petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/illinois-commerce-commission-icc-refuse-enbridge-the-righ...
Aug 20, 20131 min read
Fracking boom could lead to housing bust
By Roger Drouin for Grist When it comes to the real estate market in Bradford County, Pa., where 62,600 residents live above the...
Aug 18, 20131 min read
An Open Letter to President Obama from Gasland Director Josh Fox
Josh Fox Dear President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Moniz, Heather Zichal and Valerie Jarrett, We are aware that your...
Jul 31, 20131 min read
Potential well water contaminants highest near natural gas drilling, UT Arlington study says
University of Texas Arlington 26 July 2013 Media Contact: Traci Peterson, Office:817-272-9208, Cell:817-521-5494, tpeterso@uta.edu A new...
Jul 28, 20132 min read
Growing Doubts on the Numbers from Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy
Growing Doubts on the Numbers from Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy (via Desmogblog) America is in the midst of the biggest onshore oil...
Jul 7, 20131 min read
Fracking Independence Day: Frontline Group SAFE Appeals for Support and Action
Posted in Huffington Post by Jeff Biggers on 07/03/2013 The fracking rush in the heartland may have been unleashed by ill-conceived...
Jul 3, 201312 min read
Governor Quinn: Stop the Mississippi Sand Frac Sand Mine Near Starved Rock!
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/governor-quinn-stop-the-1?source=mo&id=69762-7878672-D4Lgzrx
Jun 26, 20131 min read
Petition: Stop Fracking in Illinois’s National Parks and Forests
https://secure3.convio.net/engage/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=8407&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=k00nut6off.ap...
Jun 26, 20131 min read
Research Letter from NRDC, Sierra Club
CLICK HERE to read the full letter in pdf Here is an image of the introduction:
Jun 5, 20131 min read
Letter from South Africa
Click here for the letter in pdf Illinois General Assembly For Attention: The Honorable Governor Pat Quinn State House Springfield, IL...
Jun 4, 20132 min read
Fracking Southern Illinois: Faithful Opposition
Fracking Southern Illinois: Faithful Opposition from Tim Frakes on Vimeo.
Jun 2, 20131 min read
EPA Documents Illinois Contamination History From Fracking Wastewater
With respect to the industry’s claim that there have been no documented or confirmed cases of water or land contamination, SAFE responds...
Jun 1, 20134 min read
“We Can Light Our Water on Fire,” Says Fracking Victim
Carroll County, OH: Joe and Dawn live in a part of Ohio that has seen a boom in the gas, oil and shale industry. And with it has come a...
May 31, 20133 min read
Live at Historic Vote in Illinois: Steingraber and Citizens Bust Fracking Bill (Video)
GO TO POST in huffingtonpost.com
May 30, 20131 min read
New Mexico county first in nation to ban fracking to safeguard water
By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times May 28, 2013, 9:36 p.m. OCATE, N.M. — Sitting in the tidy living room of the home they built themselves,...
May 29, 20135 min read
Illinois Fracking Bill: A Worst Case Scenario
EcoWatch May 28, 2013 William C. Rau The Illinois Fracking Regulatory Bill (SB1715) has been praised as a “national model.” It is a model...
May 28, 20133 min read
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
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