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Obama vs. Romney: A Stark Contrast on the Environment and Energy

By Fen Montaigne / Yale Environment 360

As the U.S. presidential campaign enters its final phase, here's a look at the sharply divergent views of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on the environment and energy.

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Recipe for a Big Bang: Permit Issued to Frack 1 Mile From Nuclear Power Plant

By Paul E McGinniss / EcoWatch

U.S. Poised to Be World's Top Oil Producer, Part of 'The New Middle East'. The Bad News: We'll Also Have Their Climate.

By Joe Romm / Climate Progress

A New Low: Shale Gas Industry Targets College Campuses, K-12 Schools

By Steve Horn / DeSmogBlog

5 Weird and Frightening Effects of Fracking You May Not Know About

By Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

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Anti-Fracking Activists Celebrate Cancellation of Gas Leases and Drilling Plans in NE Pennsylvania

Tsunami of Public Outrage Builds in Colorado as Fracking Invades Cities

An Open Letter to President Obama from Gasland Director Josh Fox

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Towns That Dare to Face Up to Fracking Industry Pay a Hefty Price

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Will Fracking Sicken and Kill More New Yorkers Than it Employs?

Sandra Steingraber, Kathleen Nolan / New Yorkers Against Fracking

Fracking Comes to NYC in New Pipeline: Activists in New York and Across the Country Protest Fossil Fuel Escalation

Peter Rugh / Waging Nonviolence

Why the Fracking Industry Is Lying About its "Free-market Success"

Jim Hightower / Other Words

Let's Get Serious: Fracking Jobs Cost Twice as Much as Green Jobs

Robert Pollin / AlterNet

Why the New 'Golden Age of Oil' Has Been a Bust

Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch

How Fracking Is a Danger to Your Health

Sabrina Artel / AlterNet

South Africa Lifts Fracking Moratorium; Citizens Alarmed By U.S. Fracking Examples

Sabrina Artel / AlterNet

The North Dakota Oil Fracking Boom Creates Clash of Money and Devastation

Evelyn Nieves / AlterNet

The Trillion-Gallon Loophole: Shockingly Lax Rules for Drillers that Inject Pollutants Into the Earth

Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica

Can Fracking Ever Be Done Safely?

Alison Rose Levy / AlterNet

Pledge to Resist Fracking: Writer-Biologist Sandra Steingraber Issues a Call for Action and a Warning to the Gas Industry

Sandra Steingraber / AlterNet

Will Public Outcry Against Fracking Sink Governor Cuomo's Political Ambitions?

Alison Rose Levy / AlterNet

Anti-Fracking Protesters Confront Pennsylvania Gov During Kayaking PR Trip on Endangered River

Nora Eisenberg / AlterNet

Romney's New Energy Plan Would Doom Humanity

Tara Lohan / AlterNet

How Some States Are Giving Oil and Gas Companies the Right to Take Your Land

Alison K. Grass / Food and Water Watch

Toxic Wastewater Dumped in Streets and Rivers at Night: Gas Profiteers Getting Away With Shocking Environmental Crimes

Aaron Skirboll / AlterNet

Fracking, Coal and Nukes Wreak Havoc on Fresh Water Supplies

EcoWatch

Exporting Natural Gas to Foreign Markets Doesn't Serve U.S. Interests

Deb Nardone / Other Words

Victory: A Working-Class Neighborhood Defends Itself Against a Dangerous Gas Project -– And Wins

Amanda Werner / AlterNet

Will Americans Ever Realize That a Good Life Is More Important Than Money?

David Korten / YES! Magazine

Thousands Converge in Washington to Launch National Movement Against Fracking

Sabrina Artel / AlterNet

Court Strikes Down Parts of Pennsylvania's Act 13, a Law Deemed "The Worst Corporate Giveaway"

Steve Horn / DeSmogBlog

5 Critical Actions That Really Can Put Us on a Sustainable Path

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

America Leads the World in Cutting CO2 Emissions. So Why Aren't We Talking About It?

David Roberts / Grist.org

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