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Sit In Continues Demanding a Moratorium on Fracking in Illinois
From water contamination, air pollution to earthquakes in one of the nation’s most deadly seismic zones—conferring with a U.S. Geological Survey, there is already a 90 percent chance that a magnitude six or seven earthquake will occur in the New Madrid seismic area within the next fifty years—the unleashed fracking rush promises to not only…
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Five Arrested at Mountaintop Removal Protest
“Alpha is only profitable because they’re allowed to gamble with our lives—and we’re the ones who pay the cost of their negligence and toxic pollution …
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Proposed Coal Export Terminals Putting People and Planet at Risk
There are currently two active coal export proposals in Washington and one proposal in Boardman, OR, that would export a total 100 million metric tons per year if built. Formally submitted by Earthjustice, the petitioners ask the Army Corps to conduct …
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March Against Monsanto This Saturday
Instigated and driven completely by grassroots activists, this global day of action hopes to demonstrate that, when many people ban together for justice and transparency, they can fight back against the powerful few …
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Fracking Economics Revealed as Shale Gas Bubble, Not Silver Bullet
“Given the true potential, limitations, and both financial and environmental costs of the energy panaceas being touted by industry and government proponents, it will simply not be possible to drill and frack our way to ‘energy independence’ …