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Global Frackdown 2 Calls for a Worldwide Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing
EcoWatch On Oct. 19, people from around the world will unite for a day of action to protest fracking. A project of Food & Water Watch,...
Oct 8, 20131 min read
Groundbreaking Report Calculates Damage Done by Fracking
EcoWatch October 3, 2013 http://ecowatch.com/2013/report-calculates-damage-by-fracking/ Environment America “The numbers don’t...
Oct 6, 20133 min read
The Two Faces of Pat Quinn’s Environmental Policy Puts Downstate in Danger
Where there’s a Will there’s a way October 3, 2013 Governor Pat Quinn recently spoke at the annual dinner of the Illinois Environmental...
Oct 6, 20137 min read
Fracking ventures can begin registering with state
October 05, 2013 6:00 am • THE SOUTHERN http://thesouthern.com/news/local/fracking-ventures-can-begin-registering-with-state/article_07...
Oct 6, 20131 min read
SIU grad Rendleman talks about experience with fracking
The Southern http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu-grad-rendleman-talks-about-experience-with-fracking/article_b0ca0cb4-2cad-11e3-a4e0-00...
Oct 6, 20132 min read
The Hard Numbers on Fracking: Radiation, Toxic Wastewater and Air Pollution
Friday, 04 October 2013 09:21 By Mike Ludwig, Truthout Kordite / Flickr)Researchers have found elevated levels of radioactive material...
Oct 4, 20131 min read
Fight Fracking Infrastructure
An upstate New York community is fighting the expansion of a gas storage facility near beautiful Seneca Lake. If completed, it could...
Oct 4, 20132 min read
Radioactive Wastewater From Fracking Is Found in a Pennsylvania Stream
New testing of treated wastewater from fracking shows that it contains high levels of radioactive radium, along with chloride and ...
Oct 3, 20131 min read
40 Gallons a Pint: Fracking’s threat to beer in Illinois
Revolution&Beer.com Posted on October 2, 2013 by WC Turck It takes almost 40 gallons of water to produce a single pint of beer. In 1516...
Oct 3, 20135 min read
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