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Health and fracking what are the risks?
2014-09-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: If you live right next to a drilling rig, or your kids go to school beside a fracking site, or your county is suddenly littered with well pads -- are there health risks? Thats a question thats been asked from Pennsylvania to North Dakota, from Colorado to Texas as more and more people find themselves and their towns in the midst of an unprecedented energy boom. In this second part of a series on public health risks, Inside Energy reporters Jordan Wirfs-Brock and Leigh Paterson clarify the confusion...
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United Kingdom: Public opposes fracking national parks & under private land
2014-09-05 12:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A new poll has found the controversial possibility of fracking operations coming to UK national parks and private land is opposed by the majority of the public. In July, the government revealed that British national parks would be open to fracking under exceptional circumstances. Energy companies can now apply for new licences to drill for shale oil and gas after more than half the country was opened up for potential exploitation, with national parks, World Heritage sites and areas of outstanding...
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Where does Hillary Clinton stand on fracking?
2014-09-05 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Hillary Clinton never actually said the word "fracking" during her keynote address at the National Clean Energy Summit in Nevada on Thursday, but she still clearly laid out her views on the technique: She`s all for it. She says it needs to be conducted and regulated properly so it doesn`t cause excessive environmental harm, but she believes that can be done. Which puts her totally in line with President Obama, and out of line with most of the environmental community. During her address, Clinton...
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Nevada Fracking Case to Be Decided Next Week
2014-09-05 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A federal judge plans to decide next week whether to block the release of oil and gas leases in Nevada that critics say will be used for hydraulic fracturing and cause more environmental harm than the Bureau of Land Management admits. Lawyers for the Reese River Basin Citizens Against Fracking urged U.S. District Judge Miranda Du on Wednesday to issue an emergency order to prevent the BLM from formally issuing the leases later this month in an area stretching across about 270 square miles of central...
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Rice study suggests new solutions needed to recycle fracking water
2014-09-04 20:30:25| Green Car Congress
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