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Obama Opened Floodgates Offshore Fracking
2014-08-31 16:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ring of Fire: In little-noticed news arising out of a recent Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas lease held by the U.S. Department of Interior`s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the floodgates have opened for Gulf offshore hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"). With 21.6 million acres auctioned off by the Obama Administration and 433,822 acres receiving bids, some press accounts have declared BP America -- of 2010 Gulf of Mexico offshore oil spill infamy -- a big winner of the auction. If true, fracking and the...
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Commission adopts fracking regulations for Nevada
2014-08-31 07:31:08| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A state panel has approved regulations guiding oil and gas exploration companies' use of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, in Nevada.
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Commission adopts fracking regulations for Nevada
2014-08-31 06:54:48| Energy - Topix.net
A state panel has approved regulations guiding oil and gas exploration companies' use of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, in Nevada.
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Colorado fracking ban scorecard: 3 ruled illegal, 2 remain
2014-08-30 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Jurnal: Three out of five Front Range cities' bans on hydraulic fracturing in the last few years have been struck down by district court judges in recent weeks, and two others still stand. Both Boulder and Broomfield still have fracking bans in place. The city of Lafayettes ban, which was approved by voters in November 2013, was struck down Thursday by Boulder District Court Judge D.D. Mallard. Shes the same judge that in late July who ruled the city of Longmonts ban on fracking, approved by...
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Thanks to fracking, theres something in the water in Pennsylvania
2014-08-29 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Its been a bad, bad summer for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. But arguably, its been a much worse summer for the actual citizens of Pennsylvania, because they have been repeatedly and consistently screwed over by an unhappy combination of corporate interests, bureaucratic incompetence, and methane. Thats quite a cocktail of misery - when life gives you a Long Island iced tea, if you will. The latest development: The DEP has released a list of 243 reports of drinking...
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