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With the Gus Van Sant film featuring fracking, “Promised Land,”
scheduled to hit select theaters at the end of this month, energy firms
worried about a misleading Hollywood treatment are adjusting the focus
with websites and campaigns against what they see as the movie’s motives
and message.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: You Need to See This Movie
A December 2012 Siena College poll shows that upstate New Yorkers
oppose fracking by an astounding margin of 45-39. Those numbers
surprise New York politicians who can generally count on the support of
upstaters for virtually any industrial or commercial enterprise that
promises even the faintest chance of economic development for New
York’s impoverished rural communities.
Fracking Blamed For Cracks In Woman’s House In Ohio
A homeowner says cracking walls and crumbling mortar are being
caused by a nearby well.
Beckie Dean blames the “enormous” damage to her 11-year-old
house on the drilling operation just across the street, about 1,000 feet
away.
Longmont council will report on anti-fracking amendment executive
sessions
The Longmont City Council will release summaries of its closeddoor
sessions on Article 16, the city’s anti-fracking charter amendment.
National anti-fracking group launched
A new group called Americans Against Fracking, which claims more
than 100 members including environmental, civic and religious groups,
said it seeks a national ban on hydraulic fracturing “and drilling associated
with fracking.” The group in a news release says that efforts to regulate
the industry have been unsuccessful and only an outright ban will suffice,
along with restrictions on related oil and gas production activities.
“Americans Against Fracking supports federal, state and local efforts to
ban fracking and to stop practices that facilitate fracking like natural gas
exports, frac sand mining and pipeline construction.” It calls for a move
away from fossil fuels toward renewables. The group’s website is here.
Federal Scientists Link Oil and Gas Fracking to Earthquakes in U.S.