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Texas Towns Running Out of Water Due To Fracking

Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no effect. But it still did not prepare her for the night in June when she turned on the tap and discovered the tiny town where she had made her home for 35 years was out of water.“The day that we ran out of water I turned on my faucet and nothing was there and at that moment I knew the whole of Barnhart was down the tubes,” she said, blinking ...[READ MORE]

Fracking In Florida!?

Floridians Alarmed As Industry Signals Desire To 'Frack' and Drill Populated Areas Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder - www.greenmedinfo.com In what is shaping up to be a move as potentially disastrous for the Collier family name as the Collier county environment, a May 2013 drilling permit application by Dan A. Hughes company describes their intent to drill a 13,900 foot deep exploratory well in close proximity to a relatively densely populated residential area known as Golden Gate. In ...[READ MORE]

USGS: Recent Earthquakes ‘Almost Certainly Manmade’ – EWG

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 led by USGS geophysicist William Ellsworth, the spike in earthquakes since 2001 near oil and gas extraction operations is “almost certainly man-made.” The research team cites underground injection of drilling wastewater as a possible ...[READ MORE]

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

(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 wondering why. Doctors have diagnosed most of them with conversion disorder, saying that stress is the likely root of their physical problems. "What happens is there traditionally some kind of stress or multiple stressors that provoke a physical reaction within the body," ...[READ MORE]

Gasland Director Josh Fox Arrested On Capitol Hill

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 House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment had been taking place in room 2318 of the Rayburn building. In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly ...[READ MORE]

Triple Divide – A documentary Film by The Public Herald

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 called the Triple Divide, one of five widely-recognized in the United States where water drains into three different basins. The headwaters of this Triple Divide are ecological sanctuaries for all things living deep in Appalachia, and provide drinking ...[READ MORE]

Natural Gas Company Propaganda – Ironic News Report

The fossil fuel industry has left out a few details in their informational video about the process of drilling for natural gas. Comedian Julianna Forlano fills in the gaps in this special edition of The Ironic News Report. Related: Gasland – A Documentary Film by Josh Fox Hydraulic Fracturing – What it’s about and why you should care