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3 California counties voting on fracking bans
2014-11-01 01:27:25| Energy - Topix.net
Voters in three coastal California counties vote Tuesday on whether to ban fracking and other intensive oil production, even as slumping prices globally are leading companies to start to scale back on production. Chevron, ExxonMobil and other oil companies have donated about $7 million to try to defeat the fracking bans in Santa Barbara, San Benito and Monterey counties.
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3 California counties voting on fracking bans
2014-11-01 01:16:27| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Voters in three coastal California counties vote Tuesday on whether to ban fracking and other intensive oil production, even as slumping prices globally are leading companies to start to scale back on production. Chevron, ExxonMobil and other oil companies have donated about $7 million to try to defeat the fracking bans in Santa Barbara, San Benito and Monterey counties.
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Fracking may release cancer-causing air pollution - study
2014-10-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Fracking wells may release cancer-causing chemicals into the air, a community science study has found. Residents trained to take air quality samples recorded high levels of benzene, hydrogen sulphide and formaldehyde near shale gas extraction sites in the US. While based on a small number of samples, the study published in Environmental Health adds a new set of potential health threats to frackings rap sheet. Lead researcher David Carpenter, from the University at Albany, New York, said...
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Toxic chemicals, carcinogens skyrocket near fracking sites
2014-10-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
US News World Report: Oil and gas wells across the country are spewing dangerous" cancer-causing chemicals into the air, according to a new study that further corroborates reports of health problems around hydraulic fracturing sites. This is a significant public health risk, says Dr. David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany-State University of New York and lead author of the study, which was published Thursday in the journal Environmental Health. Cancer...
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Vermont Governor Who Banned Fracking Supports Fracked Gas Pipeline
2014-10-29 20:48:10| Paper - Topix.net
Despite Vermont becoming the first state in the U.S. to ban the practice of fracking more than two years ago , Vermonters are, to this day, willfully risking arrest to stop more fracking infrastructure from coming into their state. On Monday, 64 Vermonters were arrested at Governor Peter Shumlin's office in protest of a new fracked gas pipeline proposal - the largest civil disobedience action the state has seen since the Winooski 44's protest of the Iran-Contra scandal in 1984.
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