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EarthWatch: Cliff Willmeng on community rights to ban fracking

  Thursday: A shake up in Congress as Eric Cantor a leading GOP Congressman who was likely to become the next Speaker of the House is defeated. Why did immigrants rights activists respond to his defeat with civil disobedience actions? … Continue reading

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KPFK Earth Minute: Ongoing anti-fracking standoff in Mi’kmaq territory, New Brunswick

Global Justice Ecology Project teams up with the Sojourner Truth show on KPFK Pacifica Los Angeles for a weekly Earth Minute each Tuesday and a weekly Earth Watch interview each Thursday.

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KPFK Earth Minute: Ongoing direct actions target UK fracking test site

Global Justice Ecology Project teams up with the Sojourner Truth show on KPFK Pacifica Los Angeles for a weekly Earth Minute each Tuesday and a weekly Earth Watch interview each Thursday.

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Audio: KPFK Earth Segment–Ohio residents blockade fracking site

Global Justice Ecology Project partners with the Sojourner Truth show for a weekly “Earth Segment” every Thursday. On this week’s segment: Ohio residents blockaded an injection well in a protest against hydro-fracking. The Reverend Monica Beasley Martin of Youngstown Ohio … Continue reading

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Kandi Mosset, of Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, talks about fracking in Indian Country on 90.7, KPFK

This Thursday, August 11, Kandi Mosset, an organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network and enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota spoke on KPFK’s Sojourner Truth Hour about the unfolding … Continue reading

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KPFK-GJEP Earth Minute Radio Segment: France Outlaws Fracking

http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/mp3/kpfk_110719_070010sojourner.MP3 and forward to Minute 35:13 Earlier this month, France made the historic decision to outlaw hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking.  In doing so, France became the first country to pass a law banning the dangerous industrial  practice. Fracking is … Continue reading

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Earth Watch: Adam Briggle of Frack Free Denton

On November 13th, Adam Briggle of Frack Free Denton spoke to Margaret Prescod for Sojourner Truth’s Earth Watch. On election day, Denton passed a fracking ban, making it the first in Texas to ban further hydraulic fracturing. Only days later, they received … Continue reading

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More Arrests at Seneca Lake Blockade

As part of our continuing coverage of the Seneca Lake protests and arrests, Climate Connections is giving a little well deserved love to Stefanie Spear and EcoWatch. Spear, founder and CEO of Ecowatch, provides excellent coverage of environment, energy, and anti-fracking … Continue reading

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