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Fracking Waste Disposal Fuels Opposition in U.S. and Abroad
2014-08-14 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A poll taken by Public Policy Polling revealed this week that 65 percent of California residents oppose dumping fracking waste in the ocean. The actions of fracking companies in both the U.S. and England, the eagerness of many government bodies and officials to cater to them, and the obfuscation around the disposal of the waste show they have reason to be concerned. Ban Michigan Fracking reports that 12 tons of radioactive fracking waste is heading for a hazardous waste facility in the Detroit...
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Fracking Limited In Pennsylvania Due To Environmental Group
2014-08-14 14:09:11| oilandgasonline News Articles
Pennsylvania officials have reached an agreement with environmental groups to temporarily rein in the expansion of fracking in the state.
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Fracking operations get closer to drinking water sources than we thought
2014-08-13 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Fracking companies have tried their best to quell the publics fears about the practice. But, uh, theyre not doing a very good job of it. A new study shows that oil and gas companies are fracking at much shallower depths than previously thought - sometimes even through potential underground sources of drinking water. To be clear, the study - which looked at the fracking operations at two geological formations in Wyoming - did not find current drinking water sources to be contaminated. But Stanford...
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On fracking, Colorado state senator says water catching fire is OK
2014-08-13 19:37:24| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A wall of hay bales are stacked around an Anadarko Petroleum Corporation site near Dacono, May 19, 2014.
United Kingdom: Government survey finds support fracking has fallen to 24%
2014-08-13 12:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A survey released on Tuesday by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has contradicted findings from a trade body earlier this week. The new poll found less than a quarter of Brits said they support shale gas extraction, a decline since the previous survey in March. The DECC public opinion tracker wave 10 also found continued high levels of support for renewable energy and a drop in support for nuclear power. When asked about fracking, almost half of respondents were neutral...
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