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Alameda county becomes first in Bay Area to ban fracking
2016-07-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KQED: Alameda County is now the first Bay Area county to ban fracking, and supporters say it could have a domino effect across the region and the state. County supervisors unanimously approved the ban at their Tuesday meeting. Fracking is the process of extracting oil and gas from the earth using high-pressure water mixtures. Activists have raised concerns it could cause environmental damage such as ground water contamination. "I am deeply relieved that the Board of Supervisors passed the fracking...
?A New Study Adds Fuel to Calls for a Fracking Ban
2016-07-21 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: About 386 million years ago, Pennsylvania received a great gift-or, depending on your point of view, a curse: the Marcellus Shale, a formation of black rock and limestone containing vast reserves of natural gas. The formation stretches from New York through the Appalachian Basin, but it's Pennsylvania that has played host to the most intensive plundering of those reserves since the mid-2000s, when energy companies began to use hydraulic fracturing to free up the gas trapped a mile below the surface...
Fracking foes put fake feces under donkey art displays
2016-07-12 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Environmental activists have made an unconventional addition to some of the fiberglass donkeys positioned around Philadelphia ahead of the Democratic National Convention. Food & Water Watch says activists placed fake piles of feces below the behinds of 19 of the 57 donkeys around the city on Tuesday, symbolizing their stance that the Democratic Party's platform on fracking is "crappy." Organizer Sam Bernhardt says citizens oppose the controversial drilling technique that uses high-pressure...
Colorado study blames faulty wells for methane found in water near fracking
2016-07-11 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Methane contamination of Colorado water wells from nearby fossil fuel development is likely due to faulty oil and gas well construction rather than hydraulic fracturing, according to a new study of aquifer contamination in the state. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, is the latest to pinpoint the sources and pathways of methane reported in residential drinking water near drilling sites, a concern to many communities as the fracking boom has spread...
Collier commission candidates find common ground, but clash over fracking
2016-07-11 20:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Naples News: Eight candidates fighting for two seats on the Collier County commission shook hands, campaigned and made brief pitches Monday night to serve on the county's governing board at a packed Golden Gate Community Center. The candidates found a great deal of common ground. All said they would not give tax money to lure a spring training stadium to Collier County, opposing efforts to bring the Atlanta Braves here. Each said they are against a proposal to rezone the Golden Gate County Club golf course...
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