Tag Archives: fracking
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Smokey Bear; anti-fracking insurgent
Leave a commentMay 8, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
Smokey the Bear thought he smelled a fire in the woods. But as he approached the clearing and saw a …
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#Frackademic nominee for Energy Secretary in the pocket of oil, gas and equity firms
Leave a commentMarch 22, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
In a piece earlier this month, I highlighted the extensive links between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Initiative — …
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Frackademic to ride Flying Unicorn of Climapocalypse to Washington
1March 5, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
President Obama’s choice to appoint Dr. Ernest Moniz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the next Energy Secretary has …
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Environmentalists win major battle in fight to ban fracking in New York
Leave a commentFebruary 14, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
A major battle in America’s frack war came to a head in New York this week. Opponents of drilling in …
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As New York’s fracking moratorium nears expiration, activists vow civil disobedience
1January 11, 2013 by Posted by Peter Rugh
Hundreds of clenched fists were raised Wednesday afternoon at Albany’s Empire Convention Center. Behind a security checkpoint defended by state …
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Fight against fossil fuels escalates in New York City
1December 2, 2012 by Posted by Peter Rugh
Approximately three hundred people rallied Saturday along the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan, part of an ongoing campaign against Spectra …
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Building an Environmental Movement Radical as Reality Itself
2October 30, 2012 by Posted by Peter Rugh
“System Shutdown,” read the screen above the Times Square subway entrance on Sunday afternoon. A gray sky had consumed the …
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Activists escalate struggle against fracking in NYC
Leave a commentSeptember 15, 2012 by Posted by Peter Rugh
Six people in New York City occupied the site of the incoming, mega-fracked-gas Spectra Pipeline Wednesday, shutting down construction. Two …
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‘Don’t frack with New York’
2August 29, 2012 by Posted by Peter Rugh
Several thousand people flooded New York’s state capital Monday, delivering letters to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office containing pledges to take nonviolent direct …
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Is New York about to get fracked?
Leave a commentAugust 28, 2012 by Posted by Peter Rugh
By Kelli Daley New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was most likely not expecting a cheesy magic act during a recent policy …
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