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Say No to Fracking<br />

Elizabeth Royte’s major new investigative report in The Nation gives<br />

voice to <strong>the</strong> urgent cries <strong>of</strong> farmers and ranchers raising alarms about <strong>the</strong><br />

risks <strong>of</strong> fracking to human health. As her reporting makes clear, <strong>the</strong> early<br />

evidence from heavily fracked regions suggests that drilling and fracking<br />

operations represent a serious threat to <strong>the</strong> nation’s food security.<br />

‘Gasland’ filmmaker to speak at local anti-fracking event<br />

Josh Fox, <strong>the</strong> creator <strong>of</strong> Gasland, <strong>the</strong> documentary film that helped<br />

catalyze national activism against hydraulic fracturing, will be <strong>the</strong> guest<br />

speaker at an anti-fracking fundraiser in Boulder on Dec. 2.<br />

Oil Companies May Shift from Recycled Water to Saltwater<br />

A drilling project already consumes 6 million gallons <strong>of</strong> drinkable<br />

water that are just disposed into underground wells. This huge waste <strong>of</strong><br />

potable water put pressure to oil companies in cutting down fresh water by<br />

replacing it with recycled water.<br />

Rubber Stamping <strong>the</strong> Exporting <strong>of</strong> Fracked Gas Poses<br />

Significant Risk to Human Health and <strong>the</strong> Environment<br />

Today Sierra Club released a new report highlighting <strong>the</strong> significant<br />

risks <strong>of</strong> exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), and calling on <strong>the</strong> U.S.<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Energy (DOE) to take a careful look at <strong>the</strong> dangerous<br />

effects <strong>of</strong> increased fracking on Americans’ water, air, land and health.<br />

Faculty Speaks Out Against Fracking Training Center at<br />

Community College <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia<br />

Faculty <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Community College <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia (CCP) were<br />

“shocked and appalled” to learn that <strong>the</strong> college was collaborating with <strong>the</strong><br />

shale gas industry in establishing an “Energy Training Center.”<br />

Frac-Sand Mining:<br />

Is British Columbia <strong>the</strong> Gas Industry’s Next Wisconsin?<br />

Stikine Gold Mining Corp. will provide unconventional gas<br />

producers with British Columbian silica sand for fracking operations if <strong>the</strong><br />

Ministry <strong>of</strong> Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations approves <strong>the</strong><br />

company’s open pit frac-sand mine project application. According to <strong>the</strong><br />

Ministry’s website <strong>the</strong> project, located 90 kilometers north <strong>of</strong> Prince

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