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Northshore group may go to federal court over proposed fracking
2014-05-15 06:09:11| Waste Management - Topix.net
Enlisting the aid of attorneys at the Loyola Law Clinic, Concerned Citizens of St. Tammany is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State Department of Environmental Quality to pull the plug of the permit process.
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Californias Thirst Shapes Debate Over Fracking
2014-05-14 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Enemies of fracking have a new argument: drought. Fracking a single oil well in California last year took 87 percent of the water consumed in a year by a family of four, according to the Western States Petroleum Association, an industry lobbying group. That amount a modest one by national standards, argues the oil industry has become an increasingly delicate topic since a drought was officially declared early this year in the state. The drought, combined with a recent set of powerful earthquakes,...
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In fracking hotbed, a muted approach to regulation
2014-05-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pro Publica: Ohio annually processes thousands of tons of radioactive waste from hydraulic-fracturing, sending it through treatment facilities, injecting it into its old and unused gas wells and dumping it in landfills. Historically, the handling and disposal of that waste was barely regulated, with few requirements for how its potential contamination would be gauged, or how and where it could be transported and stored. With the business of fracking waste only growing, legislators in 2013 had the chance to decide...
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Fracking the Irish Sea is it even possible?
2014-05-14 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The UKs contentious flirtation with fracking has graced many a newsstand but few would have expected the news that Nebula Resources, a company lead by ex Cuadrilla boss Dr Chris Cornelius, have set their eyes on an entirely new location for fracking
Argentina: Kirchner faces probe in Chevron fracking deal
2014-05-13 23:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: An appeals court judge Tuesday gave a green light for President Cristina Kirchner to be investigated for abuse of authority in a major Chevron fracking deal. Local Buenos Aires lawmakers had sought the probe -- involving Chevron's fracking with state oil giant YPF at Vaca Muerta -- for alleged "abuse of power, dereliction of duty and attempted environmental damage." Though a federal prosecutor first refused the case, an appeals judge said the investigation could proceed. The US oil heavyweight...
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