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big oil subsidies

If Republicans are concerned with the budget, drop Big Oil subsidies

It makes no sense.  Actually, it makes absolute sense to those that seek the truth or are slightly educated.  If America’s fiscal health was really that important to Republicans and Democrats, there would be no oil subsidies. It’s a big one, about $40 billion a year in subsidies, tax breaks and loop holes.  And guess [...]

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Fracking

EPA announces Dimock, PA’s water safe of fracking chemicals

Last Thursday, the EPA announced that Dimock, PA’s water was safe to drink. But was it really safe? Is the EPA putting people’s health in jeopardy? The EPA refused to release the test results to the public or the media, so Water Defense and Josh Fox went to Dimock ourselves and obtained the test summaries directly [...]

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Save the Delaware from Fracking Rally – Photos from Trenton

Today I attended the Save The Delaware from Fracking rally in Trenton, NJ.  The event was a little less significant than originally, planned, but in a very positive way.  This week, the DRBC canceled the meeting to vote on opening up the Delaware River Basin for fracking.  The meeting wouldn’t have been canceled if they [...]

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DRBC Delays Fracking Decision of the Delaware River Basin

It seems like victory has been become contagious in the fight to protect our health and environment across the united states. The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has postponed its vote on fracking in its watershed for the third time, it announced this morning. – NJ.com From Gasland organizers: You stopped fracking in the Delaware [...]

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Joe Biden, last resort to stop fracking in the Delaware River Basin

JOSH FOX and BILL McKIBBEN’s Special Appeal to VP Biden: Save the Delaware! Tell Joe Biden on Twitter –>  EASY ACTION STEPS 1) Send a FAX to the key targets listed below by clicking HERE. 2) Open a new email, copy the letter below, and paste the letter into the email.  Next, copy the emails listed [...]

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Mark Ruffalo calls on us to Save the Delaware from Fracking on Nov 21

More videos from Mark Ruffalo, activist. Help us save the Delaware River from Fracking on November 21st in Trenton, NJ. The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) is on the verge on setting a precedent and permit hydrofracking, a dangerous and toxic practice, in one of the most scenic and sacred watersheds in the United States.  [...]

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keystone pipeline

Mark Ruffalo rallies crowd at #OccupyWallStreet to oppose Keystone Pipeline in DC on Nov 6

Occupy Wall Street, No Fracking and Opposition to the Keystone Pipeline join forces Durring the #OccupyWallStreet protest today, actor Mark Ruffalo rallies the crowd to address issues surrounding climate change and to create a human chain around the White House on November 6, 2011 as part of the #NoKXL campaign. In Washington D.C. on November [...]

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Save the Delaware River Basin from Fracking

ACTION ALERT: As an opponent to fracking (hydraulic fracturing) I want to pass on this message from Josh and the Gasland Team and plead that you share this article.  Click the link to see additional coverage of fracking on Failing Civilization. Dear Friends: The Delaware is the river that runs through the heart of the film [...]

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Environmental Issues

BP Oil Spill is BP’s Fault

BP, Transocean and Halliburton all share responsibility for the deadly explosion that resulted in the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill, according to the final federal report on the matter released Wednesday. I wonder how much money was spent trying to figure this out.  That’s a bit of my sarcasm, I know an [...]

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Mark Ruffalo on Fracking – Dirtiest, Slimiest, Most Arrogant Imaginable

Mark Ruffalo explains to Keith Olbermann on Countdown why fracking is f’ing ridiculous and non sustainable. This is a industry that is the dirtiest, slimiest, most arrogant and negligent that you could imagine.

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