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Petition: Gov. Quinn, Don’t Frack Us!
Click HERE to sign the petition!
Mar 18, 20131 min read
Don’t Frack IL! Emergency Rally Friday March 22 in Chicago
Come to the Thompson Center/State of IL building on Friday 3/22 @ 11:30 to tell lawmakers & frackers that we want green jobs, not dirty...
Mar 18, 20131 min read
Sierra Club Statement on Illinois Fracking Moratorium
Thursday, March 14, 2013 Contact: Jenny Chang, jenny.chang@sierraclub.org, 202-495-3020 Yesterday, Illinois’ Speaker of the House,...
Mar 18, 20131 min read
Updates from Pennsylvania
Saturday March 16, 2013 Pennsylvania… Rest in Peace On Monday, Jim Garrett, a Korean War veteran who lived directly below Range...
Mar 17, 201314 min read
New Credo Petition: Don’t Frack Illinois!
Credo has a new petition to stop fracking in Illinois! Click here
Mar 13, 20131 min read
Shawnee National Forest at Risk From Fracking
News Release/For Immediate Release From: Annette McMichael SAFE Media Coordinator am@greenmediaservice.com 217-273-1000...
Mar 8, 20131 min read
New York Assembly Approves Two-Year Moratorium on Fracking
Bloomberg News New York Assembly Approves Two-Year Moratorium on Fracking By Freeman Klopott on March 06, 2013 New York’s Assembly...
Mar 7, 20132 min read
Anti-fracking protestors stage rally in Springfield
By Tim Landis (tim.landis@sj-r.com) The State Journal-Register Posted Mar 04, 2013 @ 11:33 AM Last update Mar 04, 2013 @ 10:12 PM Video...
Mar 6, 20132 min read
Coalition Denounces Legislation That Would Pave Way for Fracking in Illinois
Ecowatch 03-04-2013 Americans Against Fracking Following the introduction of a bill that would, in effect, serve as a road map for...
Mar 5, 20134 min read
Southern Illinois: Natural Wonder or Fracking Wasteland
Southern Illinois: Natural Wonder or Fracking Wasteland from Cade Bursell on Vimeo.
Mar 5, 20131 min read
Video from March 1st Fracking Truth Event
Here is video of The Fracking Truth from March 1st in Carbondale, IL Here is Professor Bill Rau’s Presentation: To Frack or Not to Frack:...
Mar 4, 20131 min read
Event focuses on dangers of fracking
Bill Rau, professor emeritus from Illinois State University, speaks about dangers of fracking Friday, March 1, 2013 at the Carbondale...
Mar 3, 20132 min read
Presentation by MD on dangers and risks of high-volume fracking
Health Concerns From Unconventional Gas Extraction by Leslie Walleigh MD, MPH Go to Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project...
Feb 8, 20131 min read
Sign SAFE’s NEW Petition for a Moratorium on Fracking in IL!
Don’t Frack Illinois! We Need a Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing with a Science-Based Investigative Task Force! By Dr. Lora Chamberlain...
Jan 23, 20132 min read
SAFE’s BAN petition
Here is the SAFE BAN petition. Click here for pdf. Print it, get signatures, and mail to P.O. Box 199, Anna, IL 62906.
Dec 31, 20121 min read
How much water is on Earth? USGS Water Science School
How much water is on Earth? The drawings below show various blue spheres representing relative amounts of Earth’s water in comparison to...
Dec 9, 20122 min read
Get Illinois Off Oil | Environment Illinois
The environmental costs of our oil dependence are out of control — from the accidents and spills, to smog, to climate change. It’s time...
Nov 30, 20122 min read
Protect Starved Rock From Frac Sand Pollution
In December of 2011, the LaSalle County Zoning Board voted unanimously to recommend giving Mississippi Sand, LLC a special use permit to...
Nov 30, 20122 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
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