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Big Leaks Found in Pennsylvania Fracking Wells

2014-04-15 21:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: A new study has found that a small number of gas wells are releasing significant quantities of methane into the air even before they are hydraulically fractured, or fracked. The paper, published yesterday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the result of measurements of methane made by flying an airplane over parts of the Marcellus Shale. The researchers detected a "significant regional flux" of methane, a greenhouse gas with about 30 times the warming potential...

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Winter cools real estate market in Pennsylvania

2014-04-15 11:06:17| Real Estate - Topix.net

The Pennsylvania Association of Realtors has been totaling the cost of the cold, snowy weather on the real estate market in the first quarter.

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Pennsylvania Won't Take Action on Fracking-Earthquake Link

2014-04-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Castle News: Pennsylvania officials plan no action despite new Ohio rules on drilling that affect a seismically active area near the state line. The new rules, issued by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources last week, require that new gas and oil drilling permits within three miles of a known fault or area of seismic activity greater than 2.0 magnitude would require companies to install sensitive seismic monitors. If the monitors detect seismic activity greater than 1.0 magnitude, activity would halt...

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Pennsylvania DEP Urges EPA To Consider State Differences When Developing Framework For Emissions Guidelines For Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

2014-04-14 04:07:34| pollutiononline News Articles

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today submitted a white paper to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging them to consider state differences and needed flexibility when developing emissions guidelines addressing carbon dioxide (CO2) standards for existing fossil fuel-fired power stations

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