Articles Posted in the Environmental Category
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Keystone XL Pipeline Controversy Draws Protestors to White House
By Erica H. Mattison, SpeakingofJustice.com Correspondent If you went by the White House on November 6, 2011 you would have seen a diverse gathering of thousands of people expressing their opposition to the proposed Keystone XL…
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Impact of Hydrofracking on Local Communities: Guest Deborah Goldberg, Earth Justice
FRACKING – A QUESTIONABLE PRACTICE THAT FRACTURES COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST ROCKS By Erica H. Mattison, Speakingofjustice.com Correspondent The process of fracking doesn’t just cause rocksto splinter – it shatters the well-being and beauty of communities. There…
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Threat of The Proposed Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline: Guest Elizabeth Shope, NRDC
KEYSTONE XL: A PIPELINE THAT WOULD TAKE US BACKWARD By Erica H. Mattison- SpeakingofJustice.com Correspondent “Let’s be the generation that finally frees America from the tyranny of oil.” -Senator Barack Obama, 2007 [I will be] “a…
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Nov 6 Washington DC Demonstration Against Keystone XL Oil Pipline: Guest Elizabeth Shope, NRDC
Environmental activists and concerned citizens wil be encircling the White House in an effort to urge President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. This proposed 2,000 mile pipeline will stretch from Alberta Canada to…
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Country’s Longest Operating Solar Facility Celebrates 30th Anniversary: Host Jan Schlichtmann
This historical technological monument was funded and built during the Carter Administration as part of the Photovoltaic Demonstration Project initiative. The country was motivated to find answers to the energy crisis and our dependence on…
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SEC Enters The Fracking Fray: Hosted by Jan Schlichtmann
The federal government’s investor-and-markets watchdog is stepping into the heated environmental debate surrounding hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” according to government and industry officials, even as state and federal environmental officials have begun to bring greater…
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Jan Schlichtmann Discusses Widespread Medicare Fraud
Of all the problems facing the United States right now, none are more important than health care. President Obama says rising costs are driving huge federal budget deficits that imperil our future, and that there…
