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Fracking in California Raises New and Old Concerns
Food & Water Watch joined with Gasland'sJosh Fox, Environment California, Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community and residents of surrounding neighborhoods to call for a ban on hydraulic fracturing …
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Regulators Say Fracking Wastewater Well Caused 12 Earthquakes in Ohio
Ohio regulators confirmed late last week what many observers already suspected: a fracking wastewater disposal well caused 12 earthquakes near Youngstown last year as the state threw open its …
The Battle for America’s Backyard: An Interview With “Gasland” Director Josh Fox
Josh Fox, director of "Gasland." (Photo courtesy of Gasland)
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Fracking Company: EPA Decision to Test Contaminated Wells in Dimock “Undercuts” Obama’s Commitment to Natural Gas
President Obama proclaimed his support for safely expanding gas and oil drilling on public lands this week, and the announcement received an uncomfortable applause from a fracking company ensnarled …
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Letter to New York State Senator Thomas Libous
Dear Senator Libous: I am writing today, and sending a copy of this letter to both the Albany and Binghamton offices, because I have called and left messages …
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Letter to Friends and Neighbors
“With hydrofracking, a well can produce over a million gallons of wastewater that is often laced with highly corrosive salts, carcinogens like benzene, and radioactive elements like radium, all …
In the Clearing Stands a Boxer: One Man’s Fight Against Fracking
What can an individual do to stand up against systemic injustice?
Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig on the Fracking Connection Between Kasich and the Koch Brothers
Read Mike Ludwig's Report: "Kasich, Koch and Big-Industry Bucks: Why Ohio Is the Next Fracking Frontier"
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Kasich, Koch and Big-Industry Bucks: Why Ohio Is the Next Fracking Frontier
Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich talks on the phone before speaking at a press conference with his running mate at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, Ohio, November …
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Residents Alarmed by Proposal to Treat Fracking Waste in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, New York - With an end to New York's statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing in sight, residents of Niagara Falls were alarmed to learn that wastewater from …