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What the Frack?
Up until a few months ago, I had never heard of fracking. If you had asked me what it is, I would have guessed it’s a substitute for a word that one should not use in the presence of children. As it...
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For Pennsylvania, 3000 to 5000 Fracking Wells Per Year
I am overwhelmed by the insanity of fracking. According to this excellent investigative report by Earth Focus, the natural gas industry is planning on building 3000 to 5000 wells per year for the next...
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I Can’t Stop Thinking About Fracking
I can’t believe how insane fracking is. Call me naïve, but I am stunned that oil and gas companies are willing to poison our waters – and therefore ecosystems, wildlife and people – for the sake of...
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Poisoned Water, Poisoned Air and Other Scary Monsters
My daughter Claire says she has a lot of monsters that live under her bed. They include vampires, zombies, giant furry things, etc. They are her friends, and only she is allowed to visit them. One...
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Stop the Frack Attack!
Hydraulic fracturing a.k.a. fracking is the current form of natural gas extraction that is sweeping the nation and the globe. It’s beyond toxic, poisoning people, ecosystems, our precious water supply...
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The Sky is Pink: The Truth about Fracking
Josh Fox’s “The Sky Is Pink” is a brilliant, concise and startling short documentary on the truth about fracking and the fate New York awaits. It is worth 18 minutes of your time. Fracking is NOT...
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Is Cheap Natural Gas Worth Poisoning Children?
Is cheap natural gas worth poisoning children? It’s a question we all need to answer truthfully. Especially when it comes from the mouths of children themselves. I met Devon Haas at the Stop the...
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Josh Fox Explains How Fracking is Consuming Our America
At the Frack Attack rally, I caught Josh Fox talking on the sidelines. I am always in awe of his capacity to communicate. He is articulate, accessible, compelling, funny, genuine and spot on. The...
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Calling All “Moms-In-Chief”: The Mothers Project and the Fight to End Fracking
I wasn’t able to listen to the First Lady’s speech the night she delivered it at the Democratic National Convention. My 8-year-old daughter Claire is a night owl who loves to be read to sleep, so we...
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Calling All Angels for Renewable Energy
As spring begins, I am keenly aware of the urgency the renewable energy movement is facing. Fracking is moving at lightening speed across the country and the world, poisoning water, air and, of...
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And We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden
This garden we are graced to live in, this magical spinning planet we call home, was designed for abundance, designed to provide us with food, clothing and shelter, and, beyond that, beauty and magic....
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Fracking IS Poisoning Children
At the 2012 Shale Gas Outrage rally in Philadelphia, people whose water has been contaminated by fracking came up on stage to speak of their experiences. Carol French, a dairy farmer from...
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Fracking Falls Short of “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself”
Cove Point LNG export terminal. Coming soon to a Chesapeake Bay near you? In my constant state of vocation evolution, I now find myself focused on getting into places of faith to talk about fracking*,...
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Natural Gas is Not Clean (Even If Ads Say It Is)
Cove Point rally in downtown Baltimore, February 20, 2014 I have been quiet for a while on the writing front. I’ve been more of an activist of late, compelled by the urgency to change where we source...
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Whose Security Is at Stake? My Unexpected Hassle with Dominion Cove Point
On Saturday I went to my stepson’s graduation from St. Mary’s College in southern Maryland. It was a beautiful day, and attending family were filled with love and pride as we took in this milestone....
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Horton Hears the Whos of Calvert County and Dominion’s LNG Lies
Most of us know the story of Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Suess. The beloved elephant Horton, with his great big ears, hears the cries for help from the Whos on Who-ville, a planet the size of a dust...
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Josh Fox on Terry Greenwood
Terry Greenwood is a humble hero. Josh Fox, the director of the oscar-nominated documentary Gasland, knew Terry well. Terry died a couple of weeks ago of brain cancer. He knew that fracking...
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Dear Governor O’Malley: Stop the Rubber-Stamping of Dominion Cove Point!
I am writing a letter to Maryland Governor Martin O’Mally today because I am deeply saddened that the governor has shifted his focus away from the citizens of his state to the citizens of Iowa. He’s...
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Sheer Madness: FERC Approves Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Facility
Right before bed last night, I got word that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the construction of the proposed Dominion Cove Point liquid natural gas export facility in southern...
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