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08.27.14 -- Fracking Limited In PA Due To Environmental Group
2014-08-26 06:50:40| oilandgasonline Home Page
08/27/14 Oil and Gas Online Newsletter
Desert residents fear fracking dangers might outweigh the benefits
2014-08-24 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: Arnold Escobar leaves his apartment under the hot sun of Odessa, Texas, a desert region abundant in oil nicknamed the Texas Petroplex, drives past oil derricks and pumpjacks, to a remote well site where heavy machinery whirs loudly. He slowly walks along the plant to get to the two-ton blender he operates and starts his work day, a long shift that can last 48 hours--not worried about any dangers. I feel like my job is an important one, said Escobar, 24. Escobar is a Senior Equipment Operator...
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Let's make a deal: How Colorado came to a fracking compromise
2014-08-24 00:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: On the second day of his vacation, surrounded by science fiction and comic book fans at Comic Con, Alan Salazar looked around the San Diego Convention Center for a quiet place so he could take a phone call from his boss. It was July 25, and Gov. John Hickenlooper wanted to talk to his trusted staffer about yet another compromise attempt on fracking measures headed to the November ballot. Other deals had fallen apart, but Hickenlooper wanted to try again to get Congressman Jared Polis, the state's...
Hundreds Weigh in on Fracking Rules in NC's Drilling Epicenter
2014-08-23 09:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time Warner: Hundreds of concerned home and business owners turned out Friday night for the second of four public hearings in Sanford on rules to govern the North Carolina fracking industry. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the practice of injecting water, sand and chemicals far below the ground to extract natural gas. Since fracking would occur in the Sanford region, many local home and landowners came to express their thoughts and concerns. Shortly after the public hearing got underway, about a dozen...
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Poll: New Yorkers don't support fracking, pot
2014-08-22 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Poughkeepsie Journal: Only 35 percent of New York voters want to legalize marijuana for personal use, and 62 percent said they wouldn't use it even it were legal, a poll Friday found. The Quinnipiac University poll also found that opposition to hydraulic fracturing grew slightly to its highest point in its polling. Forty-eight percent of voters were opposed to the controversial drilling technique compared to 43 percent who supported it. The previous high for fracking opposition was in a Quinnipiac poll in March 2013,...
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