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California Legislature Debates Fracking Moratorium
2014-04-09 08:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPBS: Most hydraulic fracturing in California is done to extract to oil in areas like this field in Kern County. A California senate committee has moved a bill forward that would place a moratorium on fracking. The move comes less than a year after the passage of legislation that regulates the oil-extraction process. Senate Bill 4 put several fracking regulations in place for the oil industry. SB4 also requires a study analyzing the health and safety risks of fracking. At the committee hearing, oil...
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Bill banning fracking in Calif. passes first committee
2014-04-08 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KCRA: A bill that would temporarily ban fracking in California was approved at its first state legislative committee hearing on Tuesday. Fracking, which is known more formally as hydraulic fracturing, uses pressured water, and in some cases chemicals, to break up rock deep under ground so that oil and natural gas can be pumped out. The bill, SB 1132, was introduced by Sen. Holly Mitchell, a Democrat from South Los Angeles. It would place a moratorium on fracking until a study is completed and...
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Japan Starts Commercial Fracking for (a Little) Shale Oil
2014-04-08 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall street Journal: Its hardly North Dakota, but Japans Akita Prefecture is making its own small mark in the oil business. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.1662.TO -1.15%, or Japex, said this week that it has started commercial production of shale oil in the northern prefecture, the first such case in Japan. Hydraulic fracturingin which sand, chemicals and water are pumped at high pressure down a well to break up dense rock formationshas transformed the U.S. industry. Fracking has allowed companies to access tight...
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Amid showdown with energy-rich Russia, calls rise in Europe to start fracking
2014-04-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: FERNHURST, England -- Europe's newest weapon in the battle of wills with Russian President Vladimir Putin lies buried deep beneath the ancient oaks and rolling green pastures of this quintessentially English village. There, wedged in the bedrock, lie vast quantities of oil and natural gas -- enough, when combined with the spoils of hundreds of other sites like it, to help kick Europe's addiction to Russian energy. Ever since Russian forces took hold of Crimea last month, the British prime minister...
What a Ban on Fracking in Denton Could Mean For the Rest of Texas
2014-04-08 12:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
State Impact: Come elections in November, the city of Denton could be split between two very different futures. The Denton Drilling Awareness Group (DAG) recently got enough signatures on a petition to place an ordinance banning fracking within city limits on local ballots. Though other communities in Texas have passed restrictions on fracking, a moratorium on drilling activity within Denton could spur the rise of similar legislation across the state. If the ban passes it will likely provoke a precedent-setting...
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