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New Fairewinds Video: Tepco reveals “detonation shock wave” during<br />

massive explosion at Fukushima Unit 3 (PHOTO & VIDEO)<br />

01:56 PM EST on December 17th, 2012 | 3 comments<br />

WSJ: Use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Internet was forbidden during Japan’s election<br />

campaign — No tweeting, Facebook, website updates by candidates<br />

Ongoing Gulf <strong>of</strong> Mexico Oil Disaster:<br />

Oil Spill Attorney Stuart Smith’s Blog:<br />

Environmental Must-Reads – December 18, 2012<br />

Republican Groups Tell Obama To Back Off Fracking Rules<br />

The Republican Governors Association (RGA) along with <strong>the</strong><br />

Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) sent a letter to<br />

President Obama today [PDF], telling him that <strong>the</strong> federal government<br />

should abandon a Bureau <strong>of</strong> Land Management (BLM) proposal to create<br />

more transparency for natural gas fracking operations.<br />

Industry sues to stop Longmont fracking ban<br />

The Colorado Oil and Gas Association is seeking to overturn a<br />

fracking ban that was approved by voters in November.<br />

The Denver Post reports <strong>the</strong> industry filed a lawsuit Monday in Weld<br />

County district court to overturn <strong>the</strong> ban. Voters on Nov. 6 approved<br />

changes to <strong>the</strong> city’s charter to prohibit fracking, or hydraulic fracturing,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> storage <strong>of</strong> fracking waste within city limits.<br />

Will expanded fracking drain much water from <strong>the</strong> Missouri<br />

River?<br />

Nationwide, <strong>the</strong> hydraulic fracturing – or “fracking” – process for<br />

capturing oil and gas is now using billions <strong>of</strong> gallons <strong>of</strong> water a year – by<br />

one estimate, <strong>the</strong> equivalent <strong>of</strong> what a million Americans consume<br />

annually.<br />

Protesters rally against fracking as oil industry claims it is ‘safe’

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