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TAKE ACTION NOW! Protect the Right of Communities To Say "No" to Fracking
Environment  (tags: Fracking, frack is whack, activism, activists, destruction, ecosystems, green, conservation, water, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, energy, pollution, wildlife )

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- 4 days ago - forcechange.com
State and provincial governments should have the right to ban environmentally destructive practices like fracking, without having to worry about the intimidation tactics Lone Pine Resources is attempting to employ.
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Interior Department Bows to Pressure From Oil and Gas Industry, Weakens Fracking Rules
Environment  (tags: Fracking, frack is whack, activism, activists, destruction, ecosystems, green, conservation, water, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, energy, pollution, fracking rules for public lands, Interior Department, wildlife )

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- 5 days ago - ecowatch.com
The updated proposal eliminates protections included in the version proposed last year and fails to include safeguards demanded by environmental and public health advocates.
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Quebec Seeks Fracking Moratorium in Shale Gas Rich Area
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- 6 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The Canadian province of Quebec, citing public concerns, unveiled a bill on Wednesday to impose a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, in a region rich in shale gas deposits.
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MICHIGAN: Fracking Debate Heats Up as Drilling Projects Begin
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- 9 days ago - detroitnews.com
The expansion of gas and oil drilling through a process called "fracking" is back as a hot-button issue in Michigan -- along with petitions, protests and armed security.
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New Yorkers Win Frack Fight at Local Level
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- 17 days ago - ecowatch.com
Local residents and elected leaders in Dryden, N.Y. are celebrating victory in a closely watched case over local fracking bans.
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EFU Film Fracking Hell - the Environmental Costs of the New US Gas Drilling Boom
Environment  (tags: Fracking, frack is whack, activism, activists, destruction, ecosystems, green, conservation, water, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, energy, pollution, wildlife )

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- 18 days ago - theecologist.org
The gas stored in the Marcellus Shale formation is the subject of desperate drilling to secure US domestic energy supplies. But the process involved - hydraulic fracturing - is the focus of a bitter dispute over environmental damage and community rights
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New Mexico County Is First in the Nation to Ban All Drilling and Fracking
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- 20 days ago - grist.org
County commissioners voted 2-1 on Monday to ban all oil and gas extraction in their drought-ravaged county near Santa Fe, home to fewer than 5,000 people.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Don't Expand Fracking in Ohio
Environment  (tags: Fracking, frack is whack, activism, activists, destruction, ecosystems, green, conservation, water, pollution, nature, habitat, habitatdestruction, energy, pollution, wildlife )

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- 22 days ago - forcechange.com
A recent proposal in Ohio would expand the number of fracking wells to over 4,000 in the next four years. There is no safe way to obtain natural gas through hydraulic fracturing and the environmental repercussions are endless
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New Report on Fracking Near National Parks, Recommendations to Protect Wildlife and Resources From Oil and Gas Drilling
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- 24 days ago - paramuspost.com
Tthe National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) today released National Parks and Hydraulic Fracturing: Balancing Energy Needs, Nature, and America's National Heritage
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California Fracking Moratorium Bill Attracts Support From Nurses, Farmers, Cancer Group
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- 27 days ago - infozine.com
A state assembly bill that would halt hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in California has won support from over 100 organizations representing labor, farmers, public health professionals and local residents concerned about fracking pollution in their co
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Yoko Ono Imagines a Future Without Fracking
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- 28 days ago - alternet.org
Ono's campaign against hydraulic fracking calls to New Yorkers through a dramatic window installation.
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Michigan Fracking Opponents Can Start Gathering Signatures for a 2014 Ballot Proposal
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- 34 days ago - freep.com
Supporters of a ban on fracking in Michigan can begin gathering petition signatures that could put the issue on the 2014 ballot.
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Goldman Prize for South African Anti-Fracking Warrior
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- 35 days ago - bbc.co.uk
A South African anti-fracking campaigner is one of six winners of this year's Goldman Prize, a prestigious environmentalist award.
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