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Court Victory for Opponents of Fracking in California
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 9th, 2013
EcoWatch: Today, a federal judge has ruled that the Obama Administration violated the law when it issued oil leases in Monterey County, Calif., without considering the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. The ruling came in response to a suit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club, challenging a September 2011 decision by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to auction off about 2,500 acres of land in southern Monterey County to oil companies....
Coalition Launches Keystone XL ‘All Risk, No Reward’ TV Ad
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 8th, 2013
EcoWatch: The All Risk, No Reward Coalition launched today as a national group that will educate the American people on the "all risk and no reward" of TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and urge President Obama and Secretary Kerry to reject it. The coalition brings together a unique group of national and state organizations focusing on the messaging of risk vs. reward, and national interest. The coalition is using paid media in a way that has never been part of the anti-Keystone movement.
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Comments Off on Coalition Launches Keystone XL ‘All Risk, No Reward’ TV AdMUST SEE VIDEO: Colbert’s Take on the Exxon Pipeline Spill
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 6th, 2013
EcoWatch: Ready for a little comic relief? Check out this video clip from last week’s The Colbert Report highlighting the Exxon Mobil pipeline rupture in Mayflower, Ark.
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on MUST SEE VIDEO: Colbert’s Take on the Exxon Pipeline SpillGasland’s Impact on the Explosive Growth of the Anti-Fracking Movement
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 5th, 2013
EcoWatch: When filmmaker Josh Fox released his Gasland documentary in 2010, anti-fracking activism consisted primarily of a small number of grassroots groups operating in states where the shale gas industry was ramping up its activities. The groups` members often had to struggle to get their neighbors and political representatives to listen to their concerns about the risks associated with this extreme form of energy extraction.
"Josh Fox`s Gasland blew the doors off what was happening, raising awareness...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Gasland’s Impact on the Explosive Growth of the Anti-Fracking MovementFracking Industry Greases Gears of Government in Tennessee
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 4th, 2013
EcoWatch: States to the North and West of Tennessee?Illinois, Ohio and Arkansas?are already fracked. Other surrounding states?Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky?are in the industry`s sights, and it feels like there`s a big bullseye painted on Tennessee. While the industry has been dog piling on Pennsylvania, Ohio and Arkansas for production, they`ve been greasing the gears of government here in Tennessee, establishing their right to ruin in Illinois and beating back the opposition in North Carolina. Due to current...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Fracking Industry Greases Gears of Government in TennesseePrice of Sand: New Documentary Exposes Dangers of Frac-Sand Mining
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 4th, 2013
EcoWatch: Filmmaker Jim Tittle previewed his new documentary film, The Price of Sand, at the historic Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing, Minnesota, to a full house last week. With original interviews, coverage of recent events and local music about frac-sand mining, this visually rich 57-minute film explores the controversy surrounding frac-sand mining.
Minnesota and Wisconsin are experiencing a mining boom because both states have plentiful deposits of pure silica sand, a necessary component in hydraulic fracturing...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Price of Sand: New Documentary Exposes Dangers of Frac-Sand Mining1,000+ Californians Protest Keystone XL at President Obama’s Fundraiser in San Francisco
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 4th, 2013
EcoWatch: One thousand people showed up at President Obama’s Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser yesterday in San Francisco to protest against the Keystone XL pipeline that will accelerate climate change and endanger the public health. CREDO and California activists sent a message to the president that if he plans to keep his inaugural promise to fight climate change--he must reject the Keystone XL pipeline. The protest was held just days after an Exxon Mobil tar sands oil pipeline burst...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on 1,000+ Californians Protest Keystone XL at President Obama’s Fundraiser in San FranciscoOrganic Farmers Struggle to Protect Land from Encroaching Fracking Industry
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on April 1st, 2013
EcoWatch: Many farmers in Pennsylvania welcomed the natural gas industry with open arms, letting companies set up operations on their land to drill wells and fracture the shale rock thousands of feet under the surface. Pennsylvania would not have become one of the top gas producing states in the U.S. in such a short period without the acquiescence of the state`s farming community.
Not every landowner, though, believed in the promise of riches or bought into the gas industry`s image of family farms coexisting...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Organic Farmers Struggle to Protect Land from Encroaching Fracking IndustryExxon Mobil Pipeline Rupture and Train Derailment Oil Spill, Exemplifies Concerns of Keystone XL
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on March 31st, 2013
EcoWatch: On Friday, an Exxon Mobil pipeline ruptured spilling an estimated 84,000 gallons of heavy crude oil from the Canadian tar sands region, causing the evacuation of 22 homes in the small town of Mayflower, Ark., about 20 miles north of Little Rock.
According to Exxon, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers the incident a "major spill." The 20-inch Pegasus pipeline runs 858 miles from Patoka, Ill. to Nederland, Texas. According to a Saturday press release from Exxon, 189,000 gallons of...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Exxon Mobil Pipeline Rupture and Train Derailment Oil Spill, Exemplifies Concerns of Keystone XLCampaign Kicks Off to Ban Fracking in Michigan
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on March 27th, 2013
EcoWatch: The Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan, a citizen-led ballot initiative group seeking to ban fracking announces its campaign kick off events in communities around the state. Volunteer circulators begin collecting signatures starting April 12 for a six-month period to qualify for the 2014 ballot.
The kick off events are for volunteers and people interested in volunteering for the campaign to obtain petitions and campaign literature, learn about the ballot initiative process and how to circulate...