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$Oklahoma suffers quakes after fracking$

Oklahoma suffers quakes after fracking

June 27, 2014 By Blake Skylar

A swarm of earthquakes that have shaken homes and rattled nerves. Nearby, fracking operations are ongoing, continuously disturbing both the environment and people's peace of mind.

$New Jersey Senate passes fracking waste ban$

New Jersey Senate passes fracking waste ban

May 13, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Now the State Assembly must vote in favor of it, as well, and there's only a limited amount of time, as the state legislature goes on recess in late June.

$Beverly Hills becomes a frack-free zone$

Beverly Hills becomes a frack-free zone

May 9, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Starting June 6, a ban on fracking will go into effect in Beverly Hills, making it the first municipality in California to say "no" to the harmful gas extraction process.

$In Gasland Part ll, Josh Fox continues to expose the destructive effects of fracking$

In Gasland Part ll, Josh Fox continues to expose the destructive effects of fracking

April 15, 2014 By Tim Pelzer

Beginning from where his first award winning Gasland left off, Fox's worse nightmare has come true as his childhood house in a sleepy Pennsylvania forest has been surrounded by gas drilling rigs.

Scores arrested in Albany budget protest

March 28, 2014 By Estevan Bassett-Nembhard

The chants of advocates for affordable housing, the Dream Act, anti-fracking and more echoed throughout the Albany Capitol as protesters packed the staircase and halls leading to Governor Cuomo's office.