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A contentious non-binding referendum to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Johnson County, Ill. failed at the ballot box Tuesday night. Fifty-eight…
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Kris Pirmann walks through a high tunnel at his farm in rural Johnson County, Ill. as the wind whips at the plastic sheets that arc over his head. The air…
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In Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., about 100 residents gathered for a town hall meeting in 2013 to discuss a new frac sand mine in their backyard....
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The only two newspapers in Johnson County, Illinois are refusing advertising from supporters of an ordinance to ban hydraulic fracturing in that…
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Kris Pirmann and a handful of other Johnson County residents stand outside the county commission office in Vienna, Ill., a town of about 1,400 people…
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Hydraulic fracturing is changing the way oil and gas is extracted and led to the oil and gas boom seen in places like North Dakota, Texas, Pennsylvania…
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The documentary film Switch looks at how every major energy source is currently undergoing some sort of transformation. Those changes will affect how we…
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Voters in Johnson County, Illinois will have a chance to voice their opinions about hydraulic fracturing at the ballot box. A group of Johnson County…
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A controversial new frac sand mine expects to hear soon if its permit has been issued allowing it to set up shop in Ste. Genevieve County. The sand...
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Dozens of Sainte Genevieve County residents met Tuesday night with the company applying to open up a sand mine in their neighborhood. Locals fired…