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Hundreds March for Ban on Fracking and End to Democratic Governors Taking Dirty Money
2013-05-23 00:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: 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 that the organization Stop Taking Dirty Money, citing the more than $3.5 million the DGA has taken from companies in the oil and gas industry since 2008, according to analysis out this week by Food & Water Watch. The march takes place in the wake...
After One Arrest, Sit In Continues Demanding Moratorium on Fracking
2013-05-22 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: After more than a hundred Illinoisans packed a hearing and rallied in the Capitol yesterday for a moratorium on fracking, they demanded a meeting with Gov. Quinn to voice their concerns about fracking. The residents from Southern Illinois and across the state pointed to how fracking will pollute the air, contaminate the water and put the health and well-being of their families at risk. Sandra Steingraber, PhD biologist, distinguished scholar at Ithaca College and founder of Concerned Health Professionals...
Nearly 70 Groups: Environmental Defense Fund Does Not Speak For Us On Fracking
2013-05-22 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: A total of 67 leading grassroots organizations focused on citizen and environmental issues today released a joint letter to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) disapproving of the group's willingness to be coopted by industry interests on the issue of hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") for shale gas. Available online at http://www.civilsocietyinstitute.org/frackingEDF, the letter addressed to EDF President Fred Krupp states: "Those of us concerned with charting a rational and sustainable energy...
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Why Colorado Residents Cant Keep Fracking Industry Out of Their Backyards
2013-05-22 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Do you want to know how cold it can get in Antarctica in midwinter? Go to a city council meeting in Greeley, CO, any time regulation of the oil and gas industry is on the agenda. Youll get an idea. Last week, the room temperature felt near absolute zero from the iciness of the councils reaction to citizen petitions to rein in industry designs on their neighborhood, a place called Fox Run. What was up for debate was a proposal to approve permits for 16 horizontally fracked oil wells on a small...
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Concerned Citizens of Illinois Protest Fracking Regulation Bill
2013-05-22 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Twenty concerned citizens occupied Illinois Gov. Pat. Quinns office Tuesday to protest his support of a state bill to regulate hydraulic fracturing. After being refused a request for a meeting to discuss the matter with the Governor, three people locked arms and sat down in the middle of the entrance to the Governors office demanding that the Governor meet with affected communities to discuss the need for a moratorium on fracking, and to rethink his support of State Bill 1715, a bill to regulate...
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