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Illinois: Anti-fracking activists make call for action
2014-06-14 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Southern Maryland Newspapers: Activists are calling for a statewide day of action Monday in support of renewable energy and against fracking. The self-described fracktivists are asking people to take action to demand renewable sources of energy and say no to fracking by meeting with legislators, writing letters, hanging banners and educating the public on the issues. Locally, a direct action is planned with a protest at the Marion office of state Rep. John Bradley. A news conference and one-hour protest begins at 11...
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The Mother of All Anti-Fracking Tools
2014-05-26 16:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Outside: In Mora County, New Mexico, a patchwork of prairie, foothills, and high peaks on the east flank of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, unemployment stands at 16 percent, county workers operate out of leaky temporary buildings, and the population density is so low--just two people per square mile--that the tiny community and its largest town, 300-person Wagon Mound, are still classified as frontier by state health officials. In short, Mora isn't the kind of place that comes to mind for a national showdown...
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Anti-Fracking Protests During President's Visit to Cooperstown
2014-05-22 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: Tourism is not the only industry promising an economic boost for our area. Fracking is another one--but it has battle lines drawn between those who support such drilling, and those who fear environmental damage. Those on both sides of the issue were in Cooperstown Thursday --hoping to catch the President's attention: We spoke with some anti-frackers, who take issue with the president's apparent support for fracking, as a needed energy source: "Perhaps by seeing this ground-swell of local ban...
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Anti-Fracking Activists Protest Cove Point and Dominion Climate Risks at Shareholders Meeting
2014-05-07 21:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Dominion executives may have been hundreds of miles away from the site of the controversial Cove Point export facility Wednesday, but they couldn`t escape the ire of those fighting against the liquefied natural gas (LNG) proposal. The anti-fracking activists voiced their opinions outside of Dominion`s annual shareholders meeting in Cleveland, OH. The Ohio Sierra Club, Ohio Student Environmental Coalition and the Energy Action Coalition organized the protest of the $3.8 million LNG site in Maryland....
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Anti-Fracking Group Pressures Pennsylvania Governor Candidates For Moratorium Commitments
2014-04-16 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: From filmmakers to grassroots advocates, excitement is bubbling for primary election day in Pennsylvania. That`s because a campaign called Pa. Voters Against Fracking just might force the fracking moratorium they have wanted for so long in a state where business is booming, but people of all ages are suffering from the toxic effects. The campaign, which was announced Wednesday by Food & Water Watch, was designed to place pressure on Democratic gubernatorial candidates to publicly declare that...
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