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Read MoreSpringfield Press Conference and Push Against Fracking
10am May 21: Press Conference in the Rotunda of the Capitol Building in Springfield, IL. Biologist Sandra Steingraber will be leading. ALL THIS WEEK, especially Tuesday: Place calls to these important individuals to tell them you want a moratorium on fracking, NOT a weak regulatory bill – negotiated behind closed doors – which will usher high-volume, horizontal fracking into our beautiful...
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Read MoreFarmers in Edwards County, IL, Report Deceptive Business Practices and Fraud by Next Energy, LLC
Next Energy LLC Jack Overstreet Deceptive business practices fraud denver, Colorado CLICK HERE to read the report from Ripoff Report. Complaint Review: Next Energy LLC Submitted: Mon, April 29, 2013 Posted: Mon, April 29, 2013 Reported By: stuarts — albion Illinois United States of America Next Energy LLC 4600 South Ulster street...
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Read MoreAn Open Letter to Illinois Environmentalists about Fracking Legislation
My friends, I think so often of you all and my days as president of the Illinois Environmental Council and State Field Representative of the Sierra Club. I cherish the memories of your dedication and grace. I write to you today because I know how hard you are struggling with the thorny problem of fracking in your great prairie state. In March, I attended a continuing legal education conference on Illinois...
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Read MoreThe Economic Aftermath of Fracking
Please refer to SAFE’s category on job creation for an ever-growing mound of evidence that fracking does not bring long-term economic stability to places where it has happened.
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Read MoreUSGS Investigating Water Contamination in Indiana Near Enhanced Oil/Gas Production
The USGS is investigating ground water pollution related to enhanced oil/gas production in Posey County, Indiana. Here is a link to the USGS document Here is the excerpt regarding Indiana: Indiana – USGS is conducting a one-year investigation of groundwater quality in the vicinity of enhanced crude oil and natural gas production in southwestern Indiana (initiated Spring 2012). This...
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Read MoreOil Pollution a Bitter Harvest for Illinois Farmers – Los Angeles Times
Environment: State has more than 4,000 abandoned wells, many of whose leaks have harmed soil, water supplies. January 22, 1997|MATT KELLEY | ASSOCIATED PRESS [Note: photo is from SAFE, White County, IL 2011. See Illinois List of the Harmed] OBLONG, Ill. — Laird Dart stops his pickup in the middle of a huge patch of bare ground in a cornfield. “This is all sterile,” he says with a sweep of...
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Read MoreIllinois List of the Harmed – Video & Photos
We have begun compiling a list of individuals and families in Illinois who have been or are currently being harmed (i.e., negatively impacted) by oil and gas exploration, production and delivery in Illinois. When there are photos or video, we include it by permission. Will we continually add to this page, so please bookmark it for future reference and share this with your legislators. Our timeline...
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Read MoreEPA Documents Illinois Contamination History From Fracking Wastewater
With respect to the industry’s claim that there have been no documented or confirmed cases of water or land contamination, SAFE responds that there have been many cases of such contamination in several Illinois counties. We sent this report, with a cover letter, to the officials named at the bottom of the page. See “We Have What the Industry Says Does Not Exist” As early as...
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Read MoreDon’t Frack Illinois – A message of solidarity from New York to Illinois
Don’t Frack Illinois – A message of solidarity from New York to Illinois. from Developing Pictures on Vimeo. Lawmakers are looking at the regulatory and moratorium bills. Call members of the Senate Energy Committee to demand a moratorium against fracking. Call 1-217-782-2000 to get the name & number for your Rep and Sen and ask them to vote for for HB3086 and SB1418, a moratorium on...
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Read MoreSouthern Illinois: Natural Wonder or Fracking Wasteland
Southern Illinois: Natural Wonder or Fracking Wasteland from Cade Bursell on Vimeo.
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Read MoreSAFE’s Rebuttal to HB2615 Regulatory Bill
HB2615 will not keep Illinois residents safe. Look at the bill, look at the data, look at the facts. It is incumbent upon Illinois residents, and public officials, to understand what is in HB2615. SAFE has provided a response, and a more detailed analysis, to HB2615. Anyone can claim the bill is “comprehensive” or “best” but what does that mean? We must understand what is in...
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Read MoreHow YOU Can Support SB1418/HB3086!
ACTIONS – HOW YOU CAN HELP Support Senate Bill SB1418 (and its mirror bill in the House HB3086), which places a moratorium on horizontal hydraulic fracturing in Illinois and appoints a two-year science-based investigative task force to examine current and ongoing research into the risks of horizontal fracking. Here is a link to SB1418. Here is a link to HB3086. 1. CALL YOUR Illinois State...
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Read MoreStudy shows air emissions near fracking sites may have serious health impacts
Colorado School of Public Health 19 March, 2012 View the official news release on the CU Denver Newsroom [Photo is Susan Wallace-Babb, who was forced to wear a respirator outdoors after she and her physician suspected her exposure to airborne fracking chemicals led to her collapse and illnesses. See article about Susan's experience.] In a new study, researchers from the Colorado School of Public...
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Read MoreList of the Harmed | Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air
The following is an ever-growing list of the individuals and families that have been harmed by fracking or shale gas production in the US. Should you encounter any issues misinformation, broken links, etc. or if you are/know someone who should be added to this list, please contact us at pacwainfo@gmail.com via List of the Harmed | Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and...
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Read MoreAFL-CIO: Fracking Exposes Workers to High Levels of Silica and Other Health Hazards
05/22/2012 Ja-Rei Wang Click HERE to go to post If you work in the hydraulic fracturing industry—better known as “fracking”—you may be exposed to high levels of crystalline silica, putting you at risk of developing silicosis, lung cancer and other debilitating diseases, according to a letter sent today from the AFL-CIO, Mine Workers (UMWA) and the United Steelworkers (USW) to the top federal...
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Read MoreTaking a Harder Look at Fracking and Health
By JON HURDLE PHILADELPHIA – A coalition of academic researchers in the United States is preparing to shine a rigorous scientific light on the polarized and often emotional debate over whether using hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas is hazardous to human health. Some five years after the controversial combination of fracking and horizontal drilling in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale in...
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Testimony from House Hearing on SB1715
CLICK HERE to go to video of the testimony. Read Dr. Sandra Steingraber’s testimony here: May 21, 2013 Distinguished legislators and fellow Illinoisans, Thank you for this opportunity to speak to you about my...
Read More“Gasland 2″ Grassroots Premiere in Illinois Highlights Industry PSYOPS and Ongoing Fracking Fights
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Read MoreAn Open Letter to Illinois Environmentalists about Fracking Legislation
My friends, I think so often of you all and my days as president of the...
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