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03.05.14 -- Fracking Water Pipelines Garner Legal Scrutiny
2014-03-04 14:16:07| oilandgasonline News Articles
03/05/14 Oil and Gas Online Newsletter
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Court Upholds Imposing Fracking Ban in Colorado City
2014-03-03 08:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: A Colorado judge has approved the results of a November 2013 vote approving a five-year ban on hydraulic fracturing in Broomfield, Colo. The Feb. 27 ruling by Colorado District Court Judge Chris Melonakis of the 17th Judicial District means Broomfield's five-year ban on fracking remains in effect, the city said in a statement. Following a recount in which the initiative was deemed to have passed by 20 votes, opponents of the ban challenged the election results. An earlier court ruling had enjoined...
Oil producers undaunted as Colorado mulls fracking...
2014-03-02 23:48:45| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
While Colorado environmental groups work to put a ballot measure before voters this fall that could severely hobble the U.S. energy industry, Whiting Petroleum Corp is busy figuring out where in the state it can spend $10 billion over the next decade.
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Colorado reins in fracking air pollution
2014-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: The fracking boom has boosted emissions of toxic chemicals as well as releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. State regulator Garry Kaufman tells host Steve Curwood that Colorado has become the first state to respond with tighter regulations of methane and toxic emissions from natural gas and oil production. Transcript CURWOOD: While Texas may be slow to act, Colorado recently became the first state to respond to the fracking boom with new regulations on emissions from oil and gas production....
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Los Angeles moves towards fracking ban after environmental concerns
2014-03-02 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The city council of Los Angeles has voted to start drafting rules that would ban the controversial process of fracking within its jurisdiction. Following concerns raised by residents and campaigners, the council has taken the first steps on the way to a ban that would stand until city politicians are certain of the environmental impacts of the process. Fracking works by blasting rocks with water and chemicals, which then fracture the rocks and release the natural gas contained within them....
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