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United Kingdom: Regulators grant environmental permits Lancashire fracking site
2015-01-16 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A proposed site for controversial fracking for shale gas has been granted environmental permits by regulators. The permits set out the conditions that shale company Cuadrilla must follow to protect groundwater, surface water and air quality and safely manage and dispose of waste at Preston New Road, Plumpton, in Lancashire, the Environment Agency said. It is one of two new sites in Lancashire where Cuadrilla is seeking permission to drill, frack and test gas exploration wells, with Lancashire...
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Could Fracking Cause Quakes? Scientists Disagree Over Recent Texas Swarm
2015-01-15 22:35:08| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A swarm of recent earthquakes that has rattled residents in and around Irving, Texas, has sparked a disagreement among seismologists over how to determine whether fracking could be to blame. On the one side, the seismologist for the regulatory agency overseeing the state's oil and gas industry said he sees no connection between the two.
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California Fracking Hasn't Unearthed Oil Boom
2015-01-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: About 20 percent of California's oil and natural-gas production uses hydraulic fracturing - with almost all of it happening in one corner of the San Joaquin Valley - according to the most authoritative survey yet released of fracking in the Golden State. Oil companies frack 125 to 175 of the roughly 300 wells drilled in California each month, according to the survey released Wednesday by the California Council on Science and Technology. Nearly 93 percent of all fracked wells lie in western Kern...
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Companies Will Be Legally Required to Reveal Chemicals Used for Fracking in U.K
2015-01-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fracking companies will be legally bound to reveal the chemicals used to blast gas out of every well they drill and to better monitor for groundwater pollution, under concessions made by the government in parliament. But the Labour party, which proposed the changes, said many flaws remained and ministers remain zealously opposed to the necessary regulation. The Labour party proposed over a dozen amendments to the infrastructure bill currently passing through parliament, including baseline measurements...
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Lawsuit Seeks Federal Documents Revealing Extent Of Offshore Fracking In Gulf Of Mexico
2015-01-14 04:38:09| oilandgasonline Home Page
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the federal government today for failing to release public documents revealing the extent and risks of offshore fracking in the Gulf of Mexico.
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