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Oil Consultant Turned Whistleblower Exposes Fracking Crimes in Alberta
This You Tube is a compilation of segments from a 90 minute talk. Jessica Ernst worked for more than three decades as an environmental biologist doing research and independent consulting for the Alberta, Canada petroleum industry. One of her main clients was the EnCana Company, which began large-scale fracking in the region of her home community…
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Which State Best Supports Its Locally Grown Foods?
The push for more people to buy and eat locally produced foods keeps growing, but which states are actually practicing what they preach? For the third consecutive year, Strolling of the Heifers answers that question with its 2014 Locavore Index. The rankings take the per-capita number of farmers markets, consumer-supported agriculture operations (CSAs) and food hubs into account, along…
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Tech Industry can Ignite a Clean Energy Revolution
Connecting people across continents. Delivering breaking news. Enabling government transparency. Facilitating social revolutions. Stopping global warming? The Internet is capable of doing so much, but perhaps the idea that it can help rescue the planet from runaway global warming comes as a surprise to you. Every time we post a Facebook status to our friends,…
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Can Fracking Solve the Nuclear Waste Problem?
U.S. scientists are proposing that the source of one controversial energy program could provide a solution to the problems of another. Nuclear waste—that embarrassing by-product of two generations of uranium-fueled power stations—could be stored indefinitely in the shale rock that right now provides a highly contentious source of natural gas for utility companies. [caption id=”attachment_329564″…
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Group Launches TV Ad Promoting Ballot Measure for Local Control Over Fracking
Local Control Colorado launched a 30 second TV ad today promoting the proposed ballot measure that would give citizens the ability to ban fracking in their communities. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEYdySnfbNk[/embed] The TV ad asks, “Would you want to live here? Want your kids to play here? Next to a fracking rig? Fracking can occur just 501 feet from…