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The True Cost of the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline

The True Cost of the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline

A report prepared by Key-Log Economics for the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Advocates was released Monday, detailing what it calls the true costs of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline. The proposed fracked gas pipeline was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on its former chair’s final day—just before the commission lost its quorum. […]

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    Doctors Orders: Stop Fracking Pennsylvania

    Doctors Orders: Stop Fracking Pennsylvania

    Doctors orders: stop fracking Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Medical Society—the state’s largest medical group—is calling for a moratorium on the controversial natural gas extraction method and is urging the state legislature to fund an independent health registry and commission research studies on the health effects of fracking. Fracking chemicals have been detected in the state’s drinking […]

    Study Links Fracking to Asthma Attacks

    Study Links Fracking to Asthma Attacks

    Another study has further cemented how fracking can be a human health hazard. People who live close to fracking wells have a higher risk of asthma attacks among asthma patients, according to a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study. The location of spudded wells (drilling begun) as of December 2012 and residential locations […]

    The Most Dangerous ‘Model’ Laws Written by ALEC

    The Most Dangerous ‘Model’ Laws Written by ALEC

    Greenpeace By Cassady Sharp The same law that contributed to George Zimmerman walking free out of a Florida courtroom last weekend after taking the life of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was primarily written by the same super lobbying group behind legislation protecting natural gas companies from disclosing chemicals used in fracking. The American Legislative Exchange Council, […]

    First County in U.S. Bans Oil and Gas Extraction

    First County in U.S. Bans Oil and Gas Extraction

    Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Mora Valley, New Mexico Monday the County Commission of Mora County, located in northeastern New Mexico, became the first county in the U.S. to pass an ordinance banning all oil and gas extraction. Drafted with assistance from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), the Mora County Community Water Rights […]