Anti-frac sand activist Steve Clemens being arrested

Fracking Opponents Create Sandstorm In Minnesota

If the Sandman’s job, as legend has it, is to put us to sleep, a growing movement in Minnesota and Wisconsin has taken up the opposite task: wiping the sleep from our eyes.

发布人为 Ken Butigan

Unwelcome Experiment: Neighbors of Frac Sand Mine Wait for Someone To Monitor Toxins

Despite complaints of asthma and studies proving groundwater contamination, most residents next to frac sand mines don’t have any protection from industrial toxins.

Unwelcome Experiment: Neighbors of Frac Sand Mine Wait for Someone To Monitor Toxins

The hydraulic fracturing movement has already taken off in the U.S., expanding an industry that requires the mining of silica sand, the drilling of oil and natural gas wells and the storage of toxic fracking wastewater.

Yet in the midst of the boom, Americans are still not sure how the expanding industry is impacting their health.

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Industry Leaders Say It’s Only The Beginning for Frac Sand Industry

Anti-fracking advocates in Wisconsin may soon have their hands full, as the state’s silica sand is being eyed by the global market.

Industry Leaders Say It’s Only The Beginning for Frac Sand Industry

Wisconsinites battling the burgeoning silica sand mining industry in their state are part of a campaign larger than their borders, with industry plans to ship the state’s “frac sand” to locations as far away as

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A New Frac Sand Mining Woe: Tax Hikes

In Wisconsin, frac sand mining operations are wreaking havoc with property values and local tax evaluation formulas.

A New Frac Sand Mining Woe: Tax Hikes

In Wisconsin, residents living in school districts home to silica sand mining could have another argument on their side in the fight against the so-called “frac sand” mining industry that’s taken over the state in the last few years.

Wisconsin’s frac sand mining boom could equate to higher taxes for homeowners through

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Don’t Mess With The Fish: Minnesota Reaches Frac Sand Compromise To Protect Trout

Community members in the southern portion of the state paired with fishing enthusiasts to form a united front against mining near streams.

Don’t Mess With The Fish: Minnesota Reaches Frac Sand Compromise To Protect Trout

In the land of 10,000 lakes, recreational fishing is king.

The industry represents $1.58 billion in annual revenue, according to the Department of Natural Resources. And in the face of an oil industry-induced silica sand mining frenzy, the habitats of

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Sand Land: Fracking Industry Mining Iowa’s Iconic Sand Bluffs In New Form Of Mountaintop Removal

Mining corporations have adopted a method of mountaintop removal, blasting away entire hills laced with this frac sand devastating Iowa’s famous bluffs.

This is a collaborative report by Mint Press News and DeSmog's Steve Horn.  Within immediate vicinity of a central battleground of the Black Hawk War of 1832, land rife with a resource necessary for 

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Local Opponents To Frac Sand Mining Lick Their Wounds After Defeat In Minnesota

Board members this week approved the county’s first silica sand mine by a vote of 3-2, allowing 19 acres in Saratoga Township to be devoted to the Nisbit Mine.

Local Opponents To Frac Sand Mining Lick Their Wounds After Defeat In Minnesota

The booming domestic oil industry is making waves throughout the U.S., even in neighborhoods far from the nearest petroleum deposit. In portions of southeastern Minnesota, residents are concerned about the industry’s effort to mine silica sand, a necessary ingredient in the fracking process used to extract oil and gas from

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