Global Frackdown – Sept 22nd 2012

http://thewaterfilterladysblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/frackprotest1-300x193.jpg

Join the Global Frackdown September 22nd 2012 Fracking for oil and gas poses a direct and immediate threat to our drinking water, our health and our communities. But the oil and gas industry is ramping up its PR machine to …

Posted in ban on fracking, clean water, clean water act, environment, food and water watch, fracking, ground water, Wenonah Hauter | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

USGS: Recent Earthquakes ‘Almost Certainly Manmade’ – EWG

http://ecowatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/e.jpg

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 …

Posted in ban on fracking, environment, environmental working group, fracking, gasland, hydraulic fracturing, water | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

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

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111108013759-erin-brockovich-power-plants-00002228-story-body.jpg

(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 …

Posted in chemicals, clean water, contamination, environment, Erin Brockovich, fracking, gasland, ground water, hydraulic fracturing, poisoning, pollution, water | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Clean Up Fracking – Sierra Club

http://www.sierraclub.org/root_images/spacers/space.gif

Tell EPA to Clean Up Natural Gas Drilling! Every year, the oil and gas industry drills and fracks more than 25,000 wells across the country. While you are reading this, the oil and gas industry is taking advantage of loopholes …

Posted in ban on fracking, clean water, clean water act, environment, fracking, water | Tagged , | Leave a comment

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

http://thewaterfilterladysblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/davidgreen.jpg

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 …

Posted in ban on fracking, chemicals, drinking water, fracking, how to choose a water filter, hydraulic fracturing, multi-pure filters, perils of plastic, safe drinking water, water | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Food & Water Watch Demands Equal Public Voice On Fracking

https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1185/images/Contaminted%20water%20from%20fracking%20in%20Pennsylvania.jpg

 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 …

Posted in chemicals, clean water, drinking water, environment, food and water watch, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, water | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

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

http://protectingourwaters.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/ny-attorney_general-logo.png?w=120&h=119

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 …

Posted in ban on fracking, chemicals, clean water, drinking water, environment, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, safe drinking water, safe drinking water act, water | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Food & Water Watch Organizes Ban On Fracking

http://thewaterfilterladysblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Food__Water_Watch_logo.png

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 …

Posted in ban on fracking, chemicals, clean water, drinking water, environment, food and water watch, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, water | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Hydraulic Fracturing – What it’s about and why you should care

http://www.nrdc.org/thisgreenlife/images/spacer.gif

The Fracking Fuss What it’s about—and why you should care by Sheryl Eisenberg Fracking is all over the news these days, but what exactly is it? A.A harmless way to get natural gas out of the ground. B.A fictional euphemism …

Posted in clean water, drinking water, environment, epa, safe drinking water act, tap water, water, water quality | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Gasland – A Documentary Film by Josh Fox

http://thewaterfilterladysblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/gasland_gi_top.jpg

When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their …

Posted in chemicals, clean water, Documentary, environment, epa, ewg, safe drinking water act, water | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

EPA Tackles “Fracking” (Hydraulic Fracturing)

http://thewaterfilterladysblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fracturing-300x207.jpg

With the push for energy independence and fuels that emit fewer greenhouse gases, domestically produced natural gas has been growing in popularity. But alongside this growth have come concerns that hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), a procedure used in the extraction of …

Posted in chemicals, clean water, drinking water, environment, epa, safe drinking water act, water | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment