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Mining, Fracking, Water Extraction: The DEQ to ramp up oversight even as it reduces red tape
2014-01-18 00:16:07| Waste Management - Topix.net
In 2013 the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality made progress on a number of fronts, but major challenges await during the upcoming year, according to Dan Wyant, DEQ director.
UK environmentalists brace for flood of fracking
2014-01-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Environmentalists in the United Kingdom are reeling after French energy giant Total became the first company to announce an investment in fracking in the country. The $48 million play is tiny by industry standards, but many see it as the first sign that Prime Minister David Camerons push to allow the controversial practice has paid off, despite protests from environmentalists who say the environmental danger posed by shale gas exploration (commonly known as fracking) outweighs the potential economic...
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Reports: EU set to cave into Camerons fracking lobby
2014-01-14 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The UK and Poland appear to have succeeded in watering down plans for tough new EU regulations on fracking in a bid to boost investment in the controversial energy source. According to a number of news outlets, including Reuters and Bloomberg, the European Union has drawn up draft "minimum" shale gas regulations that would ask member states to follow a set of non-binding safety guidelines. Member states have been split over the strength of the guidelines, which are expected to be confirmed...
VIDEO: PM promises 'fracking' incentive
2014-01-13 14:50:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Councils that allow "fracking" will receive millions of pounds in extra revenue from business rates, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
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VIDEO: Fracking 'could make huge difference'
2014-01-13 14:42:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Michael Fallon says fracking "could make a huge difference" to the UK economy as he spoke about money the drilling could raise.
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