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Fracking prompts water worries in Fredericksburg, Virginia
2014-01-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Free Lance-Star: High on a list of concerns about the prospect of the first-ever gas and oil drilling in Virginia's Coastal Plain east of Fredericksburg is whether it could contaminate water wells and the vast reservoirs of groundwater they tap into. During two packed workshops in December hosted by Friends of the Rappahannock and Caroline County Countryside Alliance, some in the audience wondered who would be liable for water contamination from a faulty well or chemical spill, and how it could be cleaned up....
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Protesters are super-gluing themselves to fracking sites now
2014-01-09 16:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In the past week, three women super-glued themselves to objects at fracking test site Barton Moss to protest the announcement. One of them even dressed up like Wheres Waldo (although, fun fact, they call him Wally over there): Last Thursday, this 21-year-old glued herself to the gate at Barton Moss. She managed to delay fracking trucks departure for two hours, after which she was arrested and other protesters marched by the trucks as they left. Unfortunately she also, uh, ate some of the glue...
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EPA to require S. Calif. offshore fracking reports
2014-01-09 09:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Oil and gas companies that are fracking off the Southern California coast must report chemicals discharged into the ocean under a new rule released Thursday by federal environmental regulators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published the requirement in the Federal Register, and it will become effective March 1. The move comes after a series of stories by The Associated Press last year revealed at least a dozen offshore frack jobs in the Santa Barbara Channel, and more than 200 in...
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Thanks To Fracking, Natural Gas Supplies (Barely) Withstand 'Polar Vortex' Assault
2014-01-08 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: The polar vortex gripping the nation has brought a crazy week for natural gas. On Monday the demand for gas nationwide hit a record 125 billion cubic feet as homeowners and power generators sought to burn as much of it as they could get to keep the cold at bay. In a normal early-January week the draw on natural gas inventories is about 170 billion cubic feet. This week, according to market watcher Bentek, the drawdown is expected to be on the order of 310 bcf the most ever. The record demand stretched...
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01.08.14 -- Treating Fracking Wastewater May Churn Out Commodities
2014-01-07 03:44:26| oilandgasonline News Articles
01/08/14Oil and Gas Online Newsletter
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