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The Facts on Fracking: Interview with Barbara Arrindell of DCS

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Gasland, Fracturing, ANYBODY of Water, Fracking, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, Fracking New York, Fracking Pennsylvania, Hydraulic Fracturing, Summer Rayne Oakes, Fossil Fuel, Fossil Fuel Extraction, Green News
Summer Rayne Oakes

A topic of controversy for the last number of years, hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) has become a serious concern among citizens. In this interview, Barbara Arrindell shares the 101 on natural gas exploration.

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Lucia Graves

Pro-Fracking Filmmaker Make His Point In Big Way

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Josh Fox, Fracking, Phelim McAleer, Oil and Gas Industry, Gasland, Epa, Hydrofracking, Al Gore, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Irish filmmaker Phelim McAleer, who famously attacked Al Gore over global warming issues, stepped up his support for fracking on Thursda...

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Shale Shocker: How Gas Drilling Companies Shift Risk to Landowners

Kyle Rabin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Mortgages, Gas Leases, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, Gasland, Gas Drilling, New York State, Green News
Kyle Rabin

For those, like my friends, eagerly awaiting the return of a strong economy, this shift of drilling risks from gas companies to the housing sector, homeowners and taxpayers begs for immediate attention.

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From the Fracking Front: 5 Noteworthy Narratives

Kyle Rabin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, President Barack Obama, Fracking, Gasland, Josh Fox, Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing, Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York, Green News
Kyle Rabin

What originated as an industry term (fraccing or fracking) has been co-opted by opponents to hydraulic fracturing much to the industry's chagrin. Industry would love to turn back time and bury that word in a place no one will find it. But the genie is out of the bottle.

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The Climate Post: U.S. May Be "Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas," But Shale Gas Rush Is Slowing

Mason Inman | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Energy, Gasland, Epa, Environment, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Global Warming, Shale Gas, Shale Gas Rush, Europe Shale Gas, Fracking, Obama Clean Energy, Green News
Mason Inman

The market has a glut of natural gas due to widespread use of the drilling method, pushing prices to their lowest in a decade and deflating the shale gas rush, leading large producers to cut production to try to bring the price up.

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Lucia Graves

Phelim McAleer, Controversial Filmmaker, Launches Grassroots Campaign For Pro-Fracking Film

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Josh Fox, Video, Fracking Reforms, Phelim McAleer, Fracking, Pavillion, Gasland, Kickstarter, Epa, Hydraulic Fracturing, Al Gore, Wyoming, Ann McElhinney, Fracknation, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Phelim McAleer, the Irish filmmaker who attacked Al Gore over global warming issues, has turned his sights on fracking. Working with his...

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Joanna Zelman

WATCH: Josh Fox On Why He Was Arrested

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 02.06.2012

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Documentary filmmaker Josh Fox and his crew on Wednesday walked into a congressional hearing on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a controversial n...

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'Green News Report' - February 2, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Asian Carp, Fracking, Economy, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Canada, Tar Sands, Drought, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Heat Wave, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Great Lakes, Gop, Groundhog Day, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Invasive Species, Environmentalism, Subsidies, State Department, Barack Obama, Texas, Energy Efficiency, Pennsylvania, BRAD BLOG, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Fox News, James Hansen, Illinois, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Gasland, Wall Street Journal, Brad Pitt, Daily Show, Insurance, Saudi Arabia, Daily Mail, Josh Fox, Green Building, Eminent Domain, Munich Re, Cuba, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. Listen online here, or Download MP...

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Zach Carter

WATCH: House Republicans Order 'Gasland' Documentary Director Josh Fox Detained At Public Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Josh Fox, First Amendment, Fracking, House GOP, Gasland, Journalist, Politics, Video, Hearing, Environment, Gop, Documentary, Republicans, Brad Miller, Arrest, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary ...

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Occupying the Delaware: Fractivists Call for Responsive Governance

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Governor Markell, Josh Fox, Governor Cuomo, Mark Ruffalo, Fracking, Delware River Basin, Alison Rose Levy, Gasland, Governor Chris Christie, Hydrofracking, Delaware River, Hydraulic Fracturing, Gas Drilling, Green News
Alison Rose Levy

According to a recent Forbes magazine article, Aubrey McClendon, the CEO of Chesapeake Gas, and the chief proponent for fracking, consumes $20,000 bo...

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'Green News Report' - September 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Fracking, Gasland, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Climategate, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Bill Clinton, Fukushima, Nuclear Energy, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Protests, Green News, Sustainability, Heatwave, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Russia, House of Representatives, Lisa Jackson, House Energy Committee, Factory Farms, Superweeds, Coal, Rick Perry, Monsanto, Chernobyl, Antibiotic Resistance, Tar Sands, Drought, Oil Spill, Africa, Superbugs, San Francisco, Bpa, Elijah Cummings, Gmos, Poverty, Darrell Issa, Subsidies, BP Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S VERY SCARY RADIO REPORT...

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'Green News Report' - September 20 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Climategate, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Fracking, Australia, Epa, Tar Snds, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Canada, Green News Report, Pollution, Gulf War Syndrome, Veterans, Offshore Drilling, Rising Sea Level, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Exxonmobil, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Gulf War, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Bill Clinton, Siemens, Fukushima, Environmentalism, Japan, Barack Obama, Shell Oil, Gasland, Energy Efficiency, Nuclear Energy, BRAD BLOG, Arctic, Water Pollution, Protests, Green News, Sustainability, Heatwave, Oceans, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The Presi...

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Interdependence Day 2011

Glyn Vincent | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Gasland, Josh Fox, David M. Steiner, Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, September 11, Interdependence Movement, Governor Howard Dean, Tiffany Shlain, Global Cooperation, Civic Activism, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, New York News
Glyn Vincent

This weekend, the national media focus will be on the September 11 events at Ground Zero in New York City, as well as those commemorations being held ...

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Firewater and Fracking: Who Can We Trust?

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Energy, Josh Fox, Natural Gas, T. Boone Pickens, Fracking, Gasland, Slidepollajax, Green News
Dylan Ratigan

Is natural gas Satan or savior in our quest for energy independence? This is not just a technical question, it is a question that cuts to the very heart of what it means to be an American.

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David Cameron's Claims to Be a "Green" Prime Minister Go Up in Flames

Johann Hari | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: Clean Air, Fracking, Oil Drilling, David Cameron, Gasland, Renewable Energy, Oil, Carcinogens, Clean Water, Logging, Trees, Green News
Johann Hari

You certainly wouldn't have expected Cameron's latest plan. He has decided to convert us to a new energy source that seems, in the U.S., to have released cancer-causing chemicals and radiation into the water supply.

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The Climate Post: Natural Gas Fracking Under Increasing Pressure

Mason Inman | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Fracking, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power, Climate Change, Water, Gasland, Renewable Energy, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Japan, Tornadoes, Methane, Global Warming, Mississippi Flooding, Green News
Mason Inman

A new Duke study found that drinking water near fracking sites had average methane levels 17 times higher than normal. Meanwhile, the Obama administration formed a blue ribbon panel to look into fracking safety.

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Tom Zeller Jr.

Gas Firms Dispute Methane Contamination Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Gas, Fracking, Gasland, Duke Study, Methane, Methane Contamination, Green News

The natural gas industry on Tuesday was alternately disputing the findings of a new Duke University study on methane contamination of drinking water n...

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GOP Gov Faces Criticism After Declining To Fire Official For Using Nazi Slur

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, Teddy Borawski, Gasland, Tom Corbett, Gasland Josh Fox, Josh Fox Nazi Slur, Politics, Video, Josh Fox Nazi, Hydro Fracking, Hydrofracking, Natural Gas, Pennsylvania Natural Gas, Teddy Borawski Nazi, Josh Fox Gasland, US News, Politics News

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is facing criticism for declining to fire a state official who recently made a Nazi slur, Lancaster Online reports. ...

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Gasland Director Josh Fox Slurred by Pennsylvania Energy Official

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, Gasland, Natural Disasters, Hydraulic Fracturing, Gas Companies, Fracking, Natural Gas, Green News
Alison Rose Levy

Ted Borawski, a geologist, is quoted making an anti-semitic comment about filmmaker, Josh Fox, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland.

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Protesting Oil, Natural Gas Drilling & Army's Psy-Ops in Afghanistan

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Psy-Ops, Tim Dechristopher, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, Gasland, Green News
Democracy Now!

Here is a round-up of interviews from the March 4th edition of Democracy Now!, a daily, grassroots independent global news hour.

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So When Does the Sputnik Moment Begin?

Susan Deily-Swearingen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, President Obama, New York H20, Gas Drilling, New York City, Dick Cheney, Radioactive, Apollo, Sputnik Moment, Gasland, Nasa, Natural Gas, Energy, Pro Publica, Haliburton, Democracy Now, Frack, Fracking, Barack Obama, New York Watershed, Politics News
Susan Deily-Swearingen

Why do we continue to funnel money into programs like additional gas wells in the New York State watershed instead of embracing newer, cleaner programs like wind and solar?

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Oscar Documentary Nominees 'Not Afraid Of Banksy'

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Restrepo, Oscars Documentary, Documentary Nominees, Banksy Exit Through the Giftshop, Inside Job, Documentary Nominees Oscars, Gasland, Oscars, The Oscars, Oscars 2011, Waste Land, Banksy, Banksy-Oscars, Arts News

LOS ANGELES — Lucy Walker is more worried about gussying up for the 83rd annual Academy Awards than worrying about whether Banksy will make his mark...

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Oscar Nom Ruffalo Makes Sure We Know The Kids Are All Right

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Oscars, Lisa Cholodenko, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Academy Awards, Oscar Nominees, The Academy Awards, Gasland, The Kids Are Alright, Oscars 2011, Interview, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Though the 43-year-old vet can play the nastiest of characters, he does best with the guys who care -- like his portrayal of Paul in The Kids Are All Right.

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Did the Gas Industry Censor the Wall Street Journal?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, Gasland, Mark Ruffalo, Fracking, Water, Gas Drilling, Environment, Drilling, Oscars, Wall Street Journal, Natural Gas, Oscars 2011, Green News
Alison Rose Levy

When the article was published on Friday night, it was the first time an industry spokesperson deployed a shift in strategy from the industry's standard denials.

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Weekly Mulch: Why Natural Gas Companies Fear Josh Fox, Gasland, and the Oscars

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twix, Plains Exploration and Production Company, Gasland, Epa, change.org, Orion, Greenpeace, Alternet, Recycling, Red List, Costco, Mother Jones, Josh Fox, Earth Island Journal, Hydrofracking, Oscars, Girl Scout Cookies, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grist, Natural Gas, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The natural gas industry is afraid that Josh Fox, director of the muckraking film Gasland, might win an Os...

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