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Gasland vs Big Oil and GasGasland vs Big Oil and Gas

This works because people that see this movie are touched. They are touched because they have been directly affected by hydraulic fracturing or they want to be a voice for those that have been and don’t want to become a silent statistic as well.

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Strange Disasters[Two of] the Seven Strangest Man-Made Disasters

An Insurance industry blog by Jared Wade. Strange Disasters includes a story about a crater in Turkmenistan caused by scientific laissez-faire about natural gas extraction.

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A Life’s ValueA Life’s Value May Depend on the Agency, but It’s Rising

To protests from business and praise from unions, environmentalists and consumer groups, one agency after another has ratcheted up the price of life, justifying tougher — and more costly — standards...

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Environmental Felon?As climate crime continues, who are we sending to jail? Tim DeChristopher?

Let's consider for a moment the targets the federal government chooses to make an example of.  So far, no bankers have been charged, despite the unmitigated greed that nearly brought the world economy down. No coal or oil execs have been charged, despite fouling the entire atmosphere and putting civilization as we know it at risk.

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Karoo Gas-Drill FreezeSouth Africa Endorses Plans For Karoo Gas-Drill Freeze, Ending Shell Hopes

South Africa’s Cabinet endorsed the Department of Mineral Resources’ decision to declare a moratorium on natural-gas drilling in the Karoo region, halting plans by Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europe’s largest oil company.

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Sue C02 Polluters?Greenhouse Gas Emissions Case Heads to Supreme Court

Plaintiffs in Connecticut v. American Electric Power allege that six utilities' emissions are a public nuisance. New York's Attorney General Schneiderman agrees.

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Toxic WastewaterDespite overhaul, gas wastewater still a problem

Pennsylvania's natural gas drillers are still flushing vast quantities of contaminated wastewater into rivers that supply drinking water, despite major progress by the industry over the past year in curtailing the practice.

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Raising ElijahRaising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
In the absence of federal policies that are protective of child development and the ecology of the planet on which our children's lives depend, we serve as our own regulatory agencies and departments of the interior...
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Water From Gas WellsRegulation Is Lax for Water From Gas Wells

...the relatively new drilling method — known as high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking — carries significant environmental risks.

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Will drillers respect environment?Getting drillers to respect the environment

"Our quality of life has an unquenchable thirst for energy. Offshore drilling and production helps to satisfy this thirst."  --Richard Haut

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