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Ohioans confront misleading natural gas industry promises
December 5, 2011The natural gas industry was promoting the environmentally destructive process known as fracking in the Buckeye State.
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East Africa facing drought induced famine
September 1, 2011Expected rains have failed to arrive for successive seasons in and around Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, causing severe shortages of food and water for millions of people.
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Boom or bust? Two visions from a Pennsylvania park
August 30, 2011"Sacrifice our water? No fracking way!" inked on the wooden fence in Colton Point State Park, sitting squarely atop one of the world's richest natural gas deposits.
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Warning: Beach closings on the rise
July 19, 2011With a monster heat wave enveloping tthe Midwest, a lot of residents are heading to the Great Lakes beaches to cool off, but look out!
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Who needs the oceans?
June 21, 2011The first ever report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean warns of mass extinction of marine life.
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