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Drill, Baby, Drill!	Numerous complainants petitioned the USA government to get the EPA to review the earlier decision on hydraulic fracking. One of them, from Neil Zusman, Ithaca, NY, is particularly poignant: I have read widely on this topic and it is of personal interest to me. I am not a scientist. I observe the events along the historical timeline that includes civil rights, anti-war protest, and the environmental movement.... read more
Worldwide Fracking Risks	Government officials from around the world have recently declared that the risks of natural gas drilling are too great to allow it to proceed without additional analysis. read more
Exxon’s Oozing Texas Oil Pits Haunt Residents	This article examines the lawsuit against Exxon filed by Texas rancher Elizabeth Burns. See: Rancho Los Malulos \| A satirical view from the McGill Brothers Lease read more
Affirming Gasland	Immediately upon the film's release, Energy In Depth issued a paper claiming to "debunk" the film's documentary evidence. read more
Frack off, Shell!	On Friday 25 March, environmental activist Lewis Pugh delivered a passionate call to action at a public lecture in Cape Town. He implored South Africans to stand up for our rights – particularly the right to water, and the right to a healthy environment – and take on corporate bullies like Shell. If you care about the Karoo, if you care about our country, keep reading... read more
Living Frack Free	The term "natural," like many other carefully chosen terms used by the extraction industry, is intended to give the false impression that shale gas is a benign and "clean, green" fuel. read more
Healthy New Standards	The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday (2011-03-16) proposed the first national standard for emissions of mercury and other pollutants from coal-burning power plants, a rule that could lead to the early closing of a number of older plants and one that is certain to be challenged by the some utilities and Republicans in Congress.. read more
Art of the common-place	For most of the history of this country our motto, implied or spoken, has been Think Big...Thinking Big has has led us to the two biggest and cheapest political dodges of our time: plan-making and law-making. read more
Meet the Gas Geezers	T. Boone Pickens has somehow managed to sell President Obama and an astonishing number of Congress members on the myth that nat-gas is a homegrown wonder fuel. read more
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood	Kentucky ranks dead last in healthy behavior, and 49th in overall well-being, ..More mountaintop removal will only make these problems with the health of Appalachian people even worse. Its hard to get worse than worst, but Hal Rogers is doing his darndest. read more

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