USGS: Recent Earthquakes ‘Almost Certainly Manmade’ – EWG

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Environmental Working Group By Dusty Horwitt and Alex Formuzis A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research team has linked oil and natural gas drilling operations to a series of recent earthquakes from Alabama to the Northern Rockies. According to the study …

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Fracking Hell: The Untold Story – Linktv.org

An original investigative report by Earth Focus and UK’s Ecologist Film Unit looks at the risks of natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale. From toxic chemicals in drinking water to unregulated interstate dumping of potentially radioactive waste that experts …

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Could Fracking Contamination be The Cause of Mystery Illness in LeRoy?

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(CNN)– In the tiny New York town of LeRoy, one thing is for sure; since October, 16 people suddenly have developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics. Three months later, they — and the rest of the town — are still …

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Gasland Director Josh Fox Arrested On Capitol Hill

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Josh Fox, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “Gasland” was taken into custody by Capitol Hill police yesterday morning, along with his crew, after Republicans objected to their presence, according to Democratic sources present at the hearing. The meeting of the …

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Human Carcinogen Found in Drinking Water Near Gas Drilling Ops

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EWG News release Human Carcinogen Found in Drinking Water Near Gas Drilling Ops CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs 510-444-0973 x305, leeann@ewg.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 20, 2012 Washington, D.C. — The federal Environmental Protection Agency’s detection of arsenic, a known human …

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Top Five Environmental Events of 2011 – EcoWatch

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Top Five Environmental Events of 2011 This year certainly had its big eco-news events. From natural disasters that led to one of the worst nuclear meltdowns on record to an unprecedented assault on environmental protections and regulations in Congress, 2011 …

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Triple Divide – A documentary Film by The Public Herald

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TRIPLE DIVIDE  is a new documentary film that lights the shadows about America’s quest for energy, where Paradise Found meets the visible hand of natural gas development. Potter County, Pa. (focus of the film) is home to a geological phenomenon …

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Digest Your Water Before You Drink It! – Water Is Life Blog

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Readers Digest, that is!  This is a photo of David Green and longtime Multi-Pure Master Builder Ron Kafker, sharing a copy of the August 2011 Readers Digest.  The lead article is called “How Safe is Our Water?”  It focuses on …

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Food & Water Watch Demands Equal Public Voice On Fracking

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 Speak out and demand an equal public voice on fracking! We all know how democracy works. Every citizen gets an equal voice when it comes to important decisions facing our country. But it seems like the Department of Energy is …

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Flaming Faucets – When Fracking Goes Wrong

In northeastern Pa., residents are paid for natural gas leases on their land. But the operation on Sherry Vargson’s farm contaminated her water well with methane.

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New York Attorney General Sues Federal Government Over Failure to Study Fracking in Deleware Watershed

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by Kristian Boose Presented in its entirety is New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s May 31, 2010 press release regarding the lawsuit brought against the Federal Government: A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN TO SUE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TODAY FOR FAILURE TO STUDY “FRACKING” Demand …

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Food & Water Watch Organizes Ban On Fracking

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Why We’re Organizing for a Ban on Fracking By Mark Schlosberg, Food & Water Watch National Organizing Director There is a growing grassroots movement against fracking for natural gas. From New York to California, Michigan to New York, Ohio to …

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