Laura Whitney, DeSmogBlog Waking Times This week, the group Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) declared they would submit a petition to the White House signed by 107 experts to urge the administration to slow down and consider the health effects of natural gas fracking before allowing any new permits. They want the government to …
Eileen Flanagan, Waging Nonviolence Contributor Waking Times South Africa announced Friday that it would lift its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas extraction technique known as “fracking.” In response, Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG) is launching a legal battle to protect the ecologically-sensitive, arid area in the Karoo region of the Eastern …
Laura Grace Weldon, Guest Writer Waking Times Have you heard about fracking? It may seem like it will have no impact on your or your family. But take a look at the facts. A dairy farm not far from us is the first in our area to begin hydraulic fracturing. This process was developed to …
Eco-Watch Waking Times On Aug. 12, Unit 2 of the Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Connecticut—which provides half of Connecticut’s power and 12 percent of New England’s—was shut down because the seawater used to cool the plant was too warm. For the last few months EcoWatch has been covering what’s become the worst drought in the U.S. …
Mike Sandmel, Contributor Waking Times Opponents of the natural gas-drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, will take another major step in building their movement this weekend when they gather in Washington D.C. for a national convergence called Stop The Frack Attack. There will be two days of trainings and workshops, a day of citizen lobbying …
Waking Times Among the atrocities being committed against our planet and it’s creatures by resource extraction, gas fracking is relatively new, growing rapidly, and already standing out as one of the most destructive and stupid things humans can do to suck energy from Mother Earth. Sure, fracking can extract petroleum and natural gas from the …
Chris Longnecker, Waging Nonviolence Contributor Waking Times Following their annual week-long Round River Rendezvous, occurring this year in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest, Earth First! activists from across the United States successfully shut down a hydraulic fracturing site in the nearby Moshannon State Forest. The action on Sunday, July 8, marked the first time protesters have …
Farron Cousins, DeSmogBlog Waking Times Polls conducted in recent years show that close to 80% of Americans trust their doctors. They believe, rightly so, that their personal doctors are looking out for their patients’ best interests, and that doctors will do what is necessary to get patients healthy. But what happens when a doctor is legally bound to …
Gary Wockner EcoWatch Have you ever wondered why, when they discover a new oil or gas field, they call it a “play”? Could it be that oil and gas corporations are playing with your family’s health, playing with your home’s value and playing with our state’s economic future? The new Niobrara energy play in shale …
That plan was thwarted by police, who blocked the public from ever entering the public hearing. 3 brave Ohioans, Jonathan Sidney, Mathew Wengerd, and Derrian Lamar Michell were taken into police custody and arrested, after crossing the yellow line set up by police (pictured). They were only able to make it to the gates of ODNR in handcuffs. They gave their statement while being led away.
Dylan Charles – It’s called television programming for a reason.
Elias Marat – Investors can now trade water futures for the first time ever, as fear about the worldwide scarcity of water grows.
Jon Rappoport – I’ll consider these rumors here, in this article, for the sake of covering all possible bases…I must emphasize, again, this is a very big IF…
Gary Null, PhD – Many of us in the environmental movement consider 5G technology the greatest danger to human health and the environment.
Sayer Ji – Did you know that AstraZeneca, manufacturer of two blockbuster breast cancer drugs (one of which is classified as a known human carcinogen), was the originator of Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
Charles Eisenstein – The rational mind, steeped in separation, doubts that his healing could really make a difference.
Jon Rappoport – There are future scenarios which, with enough exposure before they’re staged, can be stopped—or at least analyzed correctly when they occur.
Kingsley L. Dennis – An epidemic of information can just as easily turn into a pandemic of misinformation.
Olivia Rosane – California officials ordered Chevron Friday “to take all measures” to stop a release that has spilled around 800,000 gallons of water and crude.
Elias Marat – The United States refused to be part of the historic agreement.
