Tell the EPA: Keep Diesel Out of Our Water

Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is a dangerous drilling technique threatening water, air, wildlife and public health all over the United States. It’s done by blasting millions of gallons of a chemical-water-sand mixture deep into the Earth to break up rock formations to harvest oil and gas.

In 2005, in a law known as the “Halliburton loophole,” Congress exempted the chemicals used in fracking from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act –with one exception: diesel fuel. The Environmental Protection Agency has just asked for public comment on how it should regulate the use of diesel fuel in fracking.

Evidence is mounting throughout the country that fracking chemicals are making their way into aquifers and drinking water, and diesel contains the toxic substances benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. Risking more chemical contamination of our drinking water is a no-go.

Take action to tell the EPA to take the immediate step of banning the use of diesel in fracking fluid.

RSVP here:
http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=11037

Become a citizen co-sponsor of the DISCLOSE Act of 2012 to end secret election spending.

Dear Friend,

The U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United v. FEC ruling has unleashed a torrent of anonymous campaign spending into our political system. Corporations have been able to exert a massive influence on our electoral process without being subject to any accountability for that influence.

Progressive champion Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is fighting back by pushing Congress to pass the DISCLOSE Act. And he has asked the public to join him as citizen co-sponsors.

Become a citizen co-sponsor of the DISCLOSE Act of 2012 to end secret election spending.

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Dianne Feinstein Targets Press Freedom

Dianne Feinstein Targets Press Freedom

via (title unknown) by jon on 7/2/12

Glenn Greenwald

The supreme Senate defender of state secrecy and the Surveillance State, California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, yesterday issued a statement to Australia’s largest newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald, demanding (once again) the prosecution of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.

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