Category: Texas
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Yet Another University Entangled with the Fracking Industry
FOOD & WATER WATCH — The University of Tennessee should not join the world of frackademica, and instead, should seek out research opportunities that can help wean the U.S. off its fossil fuel addiction and make clean, renewable energy …
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Fracking Our Farms: A Tale of Five Farming Families
ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION — With hundreds of thousands of fracking wells and waste injection sites in the U.S., it’s likely that our food supply already contains water, plants and animals contaminated with fracking chemicals. While we hear a lot about …
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Tell President Obama to Stop Construction of the Southern Leg of Keystone XL
CLIMATE CRISIS SOLUTIONS — Sign this petition to tell President Obama to stop the Keystone XL in its entirety. This means not only denying TransCanada a presidential permit to build the northern leg of the tar sands pipeline, but …
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Why the Southern Leg of Keystone XL Must Be Stopped
TOM WEIS — As critical as it is that Obama deny TransCanada a cross-border permit to build the northern leg, preventing the “carbon bomb” fuse from being lit requires stopping Keystone XL’s southern leg …
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BREAKING: Oklahoma Resident Locks Herself to Equipment to Protest Tar Sands Pipeline
TAR SANDS BLOCKADE — Early this morning, Norman, Oklahoma resident Elizabeth Leja locked her neck to equipment used in constructing the Keystone XL pipeline. Citing concerns for Oklahoma’s waterways and their importance for the health of future generations, her actions have halted …