LA Times Covers “Sand Land,” Ecological Hazards of Frac Sand Mining in Wisconsin
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog On Nov. 19, The Los Angeles Times’ Neela Banerjee, writing from Chippewa County, WI, explained what we covered here in June in our “Sand Land” investigation. The skinny:...
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Second US Tar Sands Mine, Owned by Former ExxonMobil and Chevron Exec.,...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog MCW Enterprises Ltd., a Canada-based corporation, announced on Nov. 19 that it has received all necessary permits to streamline tar sands extraction at its Asphalt Ridge...
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Sand Land: Fracking Industry Mining Iowa’s Iconic Sand Bluffs in New Form of...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog This is a collaborative report by DeSmog’s Steve Horn and Mint Press News staff writer Trisha Marczak. A cave in Iowa's Allamakee County. The area is now threatened by...
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Obama Patron Warren Buffett Buys Over $500 Million of Suncor Tar Sands Stock
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog President Obama bestowing the Medal of Freedom on Warren Buffett Warren Buffett — the fourth richest man on the planet and major campaign contributor to President Barack...
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Citing DeSmogBlog Series, “FrackNation” Screening Cancelled by MN Film Festival
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog “FrackNation,” the documentary film about hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) with close conservative movement ties, recently had its showing cancelled at Winona, Minnesota’s...
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Dairyland to Petrostate: Wisconsin Oil-By-Rail Routes Published for First Time
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog BNSF and other rail companies are carrying dangerous oil tankers through Wisconsin. DeSmogBlog is publishing the first documents ever obtained from the Wisconsin...
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