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What’s more important to you: FOOD or Dirty Energy?
The recent boom in hydrofracking for natural gas and oil has resulted in a little-reported side boom—a sand-rush in western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota, where we just happen to have the nation’s richest, most accessible supply of the high-quality silica sand required for fracking operations.
Unfortunately, most of that silica sand lies beneath our beautiful wooded hills and fertile farmland, and within agricultural and residential communities, all of which are now being ripped apart by sand mines interests eager to get at the riches below.To learn more, CLICK HERE. 

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What’s more important to you: FOOD or Dirty Energy?

The recent boom in hydrofracking for natural gas and oil has resulted in a little-reported side boom—a sand-rush in western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota, where we just happen to have the nation’s richest, most accessible supply of the high-quality silica sand required for fracking operations.

Unfortunately, most of that silica sand lies beneath our beautiful wooded hills and fertile farmland, and within agricultural and residential communities, all of which are now being ripped apart by sand mines interests eager to get at the riches below.

To learn more, CLICK HERE

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How do you feel about Congress voting your right to breathe healthy air away?
The Gasoline Regulation Act is the latest of today’s persistent industry viruses that attacks environmental protection laws.
LIKE & SHARE THIS LINK if you think having Clean Air is important

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How do you feel about Congress voting your right to breathe healthy air away?

The Gasoline Regulation Act is the latest of today’s persistent industry viruses that attacks environmental protection laws.

LIKE & SHARE THIS LINK if you think having Clean Air is important

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Elyria, OH, afternoon

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently deciding whether or not to approve an application by Dow Chemical for its controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn crop that is resistant to the highly toxic herbicide 2,4-D, one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange.To read more, click here.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently deciding whether or not to approve an application by Dow Chemical for its controversial genetically engineered (GE) corn crop that is resistant to the highly toxic herbicide 2,4-D, one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange.

To read more, click here.

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A Greenpeace investigation has found pesticides banned for use on tea in the products marketed by some of China’s top tea companies. Some of the firms, which include China Tea, Tenfu Tea and China Tea King, export tea products to Japan, the U.S. and Europe…To read more, CLICK HERE. 

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A Greenpeace investigation has found pesticides banned for use on tea in the products marketed by some of China’s top tea companies. Some of the firms, which include China Tea, Tenfu Tea and China Tea King, export tea products to Japan, the U.S. and Europe…

To read more, CLICK HERE

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“Fracking is a hostage exchange program. Only the carcinogens go free.”To read more from Sandra Steingraber, click here. 

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“Fracking is a hostage exchange program. Only the carcinogens go free.”

To read more from Sandra Steingraber, click here

Adam Parker performing live, on-air from Studio B at the WOBC station in Oberlin, OH March 2012
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shot with Nikon D700 + Nikon 105mm f/2.5 Al-s

Adam Parker performing live, on-air from Studio B at the WOBC station in Oberlin, OH March 2012

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shot with Nikon D700 + Nikon 105mm f/2.5 Al-s

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Kingston, TN

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Frog pond, night.

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Rain, open window.