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$Sandra Steingraber speaks at a 2013 rally in Albany, New York, to ban fracking. Steingraber is a distinguished scholar in residence at Ithaca College, as well as a biologist and activist.$

Q&A: Sandra Steingraber fights fracking in documentary

By Silas White, Assistant Life and Culture Editor • November 8, 2017

We didn’t know where the story would go, and we ended up being chased through the streets of Romania and ... into jail.

Ithaca College faculty and students join Seneca Lake protests

By Kyle Arnold, Contributing Writer • September 16, 2015

Activists protest the use of caverns for storage of natural gas and blockade the entrance to the Crestwood plant.

$A jar of silica sand used for hydraulic fracturing$

Risky Business

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • November 16, 2014

My heart was pounding as I brushed the excess sand off the jar, and it wasn't because I was risking trespass charges. It was because I knew there was a chance I was risking my life. Once I screwed the lid on, I frantically brushed my gloves off on my pant leg, and then did the best I could to shake the stuff off my pants. A little voice in my head told me that trying to decontaminate myself was futile, that if I had been smart I would have come here equipped with a mask. It could already be in my lungs.

Letter to the Editor: Fracking’s detrimental effects

By Frack Off and Kaela Bamberger • November 14, 2013

If there’s anything to be gained from the controversiality of the fracking debate, it’s that the nature of your sources dictate the information you’re getting. It would not be hard to point to credible...

$Protestors march Monday in Albany to urge Gov. Cuomo to ban fracking in New York. IMAGE BY citizenactionny / Flickr.$

Ithaca College community joins Albany fracking protest

By Kacey Deamer, Online Editor • August 28, 2012

Members of the Ithaca College community joined an estimated 1,500 protesters Monday in Albany to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban natural gas drilling, also known as fracking, in New York.