Category: Illinois
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Halliburton and ALEC Push Industry-Friendly Fracking Legislation in North Carolina
North Carolina senators are taking an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) style approach in their efforts to push through legislation that allows oil companies a loophole in regulations requiring …
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EPA Pushes Back Fracking Impact Study to 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving back its timeline for release of its study on the impact of hydraulic fracturing from 2014 to 2016, the agency announced …
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Influence of Grassroots Anti-Fracking Movement Spreads Like Wildfire
Jill Wiener has dedicated a large part of the past five years of her life to keeping the use of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas extraction out of New York State. The Sullivan County, N.Y., resident believes that …
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Governor Quinn Signs Illinois Fracking Bill
Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment (SAFE) is horrified at the decision of the Illinois General Assembly, and Governor Quinn, to put the water, air, soil, health and economic future of Southern and Central Illinois at risk …
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22 Arrested in Chicago Urging President Obama to Reject Keystone XL
In protest of the Keystone XL pipeline, 22 activists were arrested today when they staged a sit in at the State Department in President Obama’s hometown of Chicago. The activists arrested today included former Obama staffers, donors and …