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Pollution Fears Crush Home Prices Near Fracking Wells
2014-04-11 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Whether or not fracking causes groundwater pollution, people fear the risk enough that property values have dropped for homes with drinking-water wells near shale-gas pads, according to new research. Researchers from the Unviersity of Calgary and Duke University studied property sales from 1994 to 2012 in 36 Pennsylvania counties and seven counties in New York. They mapped sales against the locations of shale-gas wells, and they compared homes connected to public drinking-water systems to homes...
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Pennsylvania Fracking Wells Are Dangerous, Study Finds
2014-04-10 11:44:05| oilandgasonline News Articles
Hundreds of fracking wells in Pennsylvania pose a threat to waters sources, according to a new report.
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Proposal for California Fracking Moratorium Advances in State Senate
2014-04-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A bill that would place a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in oil drilling in California was approved by a state Senate panel on Tuesday. The measure was passed by a bare majority of five votes by the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee after some Democrats abstained and Chairwoman Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) provided a courtesy vote to keep the issue alive for more discussions that could end up changing the bill. Fracking involves pumping water and chemicals...
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Oklahoma Breaks Record with Hundreds Earthquakes After Fracking Intensifies
2014-04-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RT: A series of earthquakes over the weekend continued to break alarming records of seismic activity in Oklahoma, which some scientists say is linked to increased fracking operations in the state. According to Reuters, six earthquakes struck central Oklahoma between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, including a 3.8 magnitude tremor that was recorded around 7:42 a.m. Prior to this quake, three others hit the area and rocked houses in multiple communities: one at a magnitude of 2.9, and two others...
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California County Could be State's First to Ban Fracking
2014-04-10 03:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New America Media: A majority on the Butte County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to draft an ordinance that would ban fracking, a step that could place this county at the vanguard of a grass-roots movement to halt the practice. In a surprisingly unscripted move, the supervisors voted 4-1 to consider a comprehensive fracking ban after county staffers research how best this can be done. The vote was applauded by dozens of anti-fracking activists, many of whom had spoken in favor of the more moderate measure that...
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