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Fracking Setback in Poland Dims Hope for Less Russian Gas
2014-10-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Polands ambition to achieve energy independence from Russia is being undermined by drillers giving up on the nations shale wells after disappointing results. The highest test flows during the countrys five-year search for unconventional gas were just 30 percent of whats needed for commercial production, said Pawel Poprawa, a geologist at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. The number of active shale permits has fallen 43 percent from a high in January 2013 and explorers...
Global Frackdown on Saturday Calls Worldwide Ban on Fracking
2014-10-09 23:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Global Frackdown is an international day of action calling for a ban on fracking. This year`s event on Saturday, Oct. 11 will send a message to elected officials across the globe that the future should be powered by clean, renewable energy, not dirty, polluting fossil fuels. Climate scientists warn that continued extraction and burning of fossil fuels will lead to catastrophic climate change. A report released in September by Food & Water Watch, The Urgent Case for a Ban on Fracking, shows how...
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Fracking Ban Drive in Denton, Texas Is Most Expensive Campaign in Town History
2014-10-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denton Record-Chronicle: The first round of campaign finance reports show the proposition against hydraulic fracturing inside the city is already the most expensive campaign in Dentons history, with both sides vying for the right to call themselves grass roots. Two specific-purpose committees, one formed for and another against the ban, filed reports with the city secretary showing more than $280,000 raised since the City Council voted to put the proposition on the Nov. 4 ballot. The city has not seen six-figure...
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Cleveland Enviro Group Pushes for More Chemical Disclosure at Fracking Sites
2014-10-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Columbus Dispatch: Disclosure of complete chemical information before oil and gas companies break ground on a fracking site could better prepare emergency-response teams for the worst fires, a Cleveland-based environmental and consumer organization said yesterday. Based on its study of a Monroe County well-pad fire in June, the nonprofit Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund, which opposes fracking, came up with recommendations for state government to clarify chemical-disclosure laws for oil and gas companies working...
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Pennsylvania Seeks Record $4.5m Fine on 'Leaking' Fracking Waste Site
2014-10-07 22:00:00| Waste Age
Associated Press Pennsylvania environmental regulators are pursuing a record $4.5m fine against a gas driller over what they describe as a major case of pollution from a leaking waste pit. Content Classification: Curated read more
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