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Minnesota Amish vs. Fracking
Does the industry's ongoing land grab clash with the fundamental tenets of the Amish population?
Election Countdown 2012: Occupy Atlanta Members Demand Georgia Enact Prison Reform, and More
About 40 demonstrators gathered outside the state Capitol in Atlanta on Monday to express support for Georgia prison inmates who have reportedly been on a hunger strike for nearly …
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New Study: Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into Pennsylvania Drinking Water
New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania's natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking water supplies.
Gasland Director Josh Fox on His New Film, Gas Industry Lies and Government Collusion
Fox's new film, The Sky Is Pink, examines the gas industry's practice of sowing doubt about the science on pollution from fracking.
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Police Raid Anti-Fracking Encampment in Pennsylvania
This move by Aqua America — which stands to profit generously from expanded drilling across the country — could be premonitory of upcoming battles over the role of for-profit …
Election Countdown 2012: Emails Document General Counsel Maria Mathews Acknowledged Florida’s Inability to Supply Documentation to DHS in Voter Purge, and More
FL. u201cVoter purge: u201cThe emails document that u2014 despite public claims to the contrary by Scott and Detzner u2014 as early as October of last year, Matthews fully acknowledged …
The Regulation Monster
The regulation monster is composed of the mounds of bureaucratic paperwork and red tape that strangles businesses.
Election Countdown 2012: Human Rights Envoys Call on US Officials to Explain the Use of Excessive Force on Occupy Protesters, and More
In today's Election Countdown 2012 news: Two UN human rights envoys called on US officials to explain the use of excessive force on Occupy protesters, the National Research Council …
Election Countdown 2012: The UN Puts Canada on the Human Rights Watch List, and More
The UN puts Canada on the human rights watch list; Ohio wants to open up the state's forests and parks to fracking; Philadelphia's Green Party takes a firm stand …
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Hundreds Protest Fracking in Ohio as Drilling Expands
The protesters marched through downtown Columbus and temporarily occupied the front hall of the Ohio Statehouse.