Tag: oil
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Residential Water Well Fails in Michigan after Fracking Begins Nearby
As Encana’s fracking operation continues in Rapid River Township, local residents are losing water pressure with water coming out of the tap that looks like milk.
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Sandra Steingraber’s Manifesto: Illinois Fracking Rules a Betrayal of Democracy and Science
“Knowing that our own government has abdicated its responsibility to protect the safety and well-being of the citizenry, knowing that no one is coming to save us, we declare our intent to save ourselves …”
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Fracking Industry Asks NY Court of Appeals to Throw Out Bans
“Our client, the Town of Dryden, is prepared to continue fighting to preserve its way of life from the consequences of oil and gas development and we’ll fight alongside them until this matter is resolved once and for all.”
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The Devastating Legacy of Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction
Watch this powerful video from Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, Our Back is Against the Wall, featuring Ponca elders Carter Camp and Casey Camp-Horinek describing the devastating legacy of oil exploitation in their communities in present day Oklahoma.
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Public Lands: Drilling Takes Precedence Over Conservation
Under President Obama, the pace of drilling on public lands is double that of protecting public lands. The current U.S. Congress is the first since World War II to fail to designate a single new acre of protected land. The integrity of natural lands in the U.S. are in jeopardy. Severe droughts, raging wildfires and…