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National fracking college named
2014-11-12 01:10:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A Lancashire college has been chosen as the national hub for the UK's first college for the fracking industry.
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Texas official ignores voters ban on fracking
2014-11-10 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: As predicted, mere hours after the first-ever fracking ban passed in Texas, industry reps took to the courts. By 9:09 a.m. on Nov. 5, both the Texas Oil and Gas Association and the Texas General Land Office had filed lawsuits that aim to prevent the city of Denton from enacting its ordinance on Dec. 2 - and Texas legislators are already drawing up plans to make future fracking bans like this one illegal. The blowback here, of course, is because Denton is sitting on top of the Barnett Shale - one...
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What Is The Real Impact Of Fracking On The Ocean?
2014-11-07 01:22:40| oilandgasonline News Articles
The message of a new study is that the energy industry poses a significant threat to California's marine life.
Split Decision by Voters on Local Fracking Bans
2014-11-06 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The small city of Denton, Tex., voted to ban hydraulic fracturing in Tuesdays election after a hard-fought battle between environmentalists and local oil companies in the heart of natural gas country. But nationwide, local initiatives to ban or restrict the oil and gas production process lost as many elections as were won. Voters in Youngstown, Ohio, a Rust Belt city sitting atop vast deposits of natural gas, sent a proposed ban to a landslide defeat. The campaign in Denton captured national attention...
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Holy sh*t, a town in Texas just banned fracking
2014-11-05 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: This was the year of the fracking ban, at least in local elections: Eight municipal and county-wide bans went to voters in Ohio, Texas, and California on Nov. 4. Considering the money poured in by the opposition, they did pretty darn well: Four out of eight won by a country mile. California Happily for local farmers like Paul Hain, San Benito County`s moratorium on "high-intensity petroleum operations" passed with flying colors (at least by American standards): 57 to 43 percent. And in Mendocino...
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