Tag: Energy
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House Votes to Fast Track Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
H.R. 3 marks the seventh time the House of Representatives has voted on a bill that would circumvent the nation’s most crucial environmental laws, in order to force approval of Keystone XL. But today’s vote saw fewer Representatives …
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Steingraber Calls Out Illinois Fracking Regulations
Before environmental lobbyists and legislators push a hydraulic fracking bill through the Illinois legislature, they need to sit down with farmers in Clinton County and learn how well regulations …
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Hundreds March for Ban on Fracking and End to Democratic Governors Taking Dirty Money
Today a coalition led by Americans Against Fracking, 350.org, Democracy for America and Food & Water Watch, among others marched at the Spring Policy Conference of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) calling for a ban on fracking and demanding …
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After One Arrest, Sit In Continues Demanding Moratorium on Fracking
After sitting in at the Governor’s office on Tuesday demanding a meeting—after being denied a meeting for countless months and many requests—Angie Viands was arrested for refusing to leave. This morning, two more Illinoisans resumed the sit in …
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Countdown to Nuclear Ruin at Paducah
Disaster is about to strike in western Kentucky, a full-blown nuclear catastrophe involving hundreds of tons of enriched uranium tainted with plutonium, technetium, arsenic, beryllium and a toxic chemical brew. But this nuke calamity will be …