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Exxon Mobil CEO Sues to Keep Fracking Project...
2014-02-22 08:26:15| Chemicals - Topix.net
Exxon Mobil, the company who brought us the disastrous Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska , and more recently the tar sands oil spill in Mayflower , Arkansas, were also found to be responsible for the death of 100 melon-headed whales in Madagascar during offshore oil exploration.
Fracking Moratorium Bill Introduced in California
2014-02-21 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Yesterday, Senators Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) and Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 1132 to the California Legislature, which calls for a moratorium on fracking and other types of unconventional well stimulation (like acidizing). Current law (SB4) requires an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) but there are at least two problems with it: Fracking and acidizing is allowed to continue while regulators conduct the EIR--essentially treating Californians water and health as...
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Oklahoma ShakesIs Fracking to Blame?
2014-02-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: It`s been a shaky week in Oklahoma. The Sooner State has experienced more than 150 earthquakes over the past week, far more than the Okies usually get. And while the vast majority of the quakes were fairly minor, one, on Feb. 16 measured 3.8 on the Richter scale, followed by a number of aftershocks. There`s been little damage reported, but the quakes jolted folks in a part of the country who aren`t accustomed to the Earth moving under their feet. "[It] felt like bombs going off," central Oklahoma...
How to Save Water on Fracking
2014-02-20 09:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Among the environmental worries posed by hydraulic fracturing, including the release of methane into the air and contamination of groundwater, one has recently escalated: the concern that the enormous quantities of water used in fracking will leave parts of the country parched. In 2012, fracking consumed some 50 billion gallons of water -- water that many communities can ill afford to spare. New practices can make fracking somewhat less thirsty, however. States should see that drilling companies...
Rachel Maddow Devotes Large Portion of Show to Hazards of Fracking
2014-02-19 16:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Yesterday, as reported on EcoWatch, the Center for Public Integrity, InsideClimate News and The Weather Channel released an investigative report and short film on how volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released during the fracking process are polluting the air in South Texas, home of the Eagle Ford Shale basin. Last night, Rachel Maddow devoted an extended portion of her MSNBC show to the barrage of issues surrounding the fracking process. Maddow began with discussing the increasing number of earthquakes...
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