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Inspector General Finds EPA Justified in Intervening to Protect Drinking Water from Fracking
2013-12-24 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General found EPA Region 6 was justified in legally intervening to protect Parker County, TX residents drinking water from drilling impacts. At Sen. Inhofes (R-OK) request, the Inspector General investigated to determine if Region 6s intervention against Range Resources was due to political influence by the Obama administration. Steve Lipsky, who lives near a fracking operation in Weatherford, TX with his flammable water. Photo...
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'Elves' protest fracking on Illinois governor's lawn
2013-12-24 06:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chicago Tribune: Had Gov. Pat Quinn been home to look out his front window Monday afternoon, he might have witnessed a strange sight: four elves dressed in green smocks and some in red leggings erecting a mock oil drill on the lawn of his Northwest Side home. The roughly 10-foot oil drill, made of PVC pipe and painted black, wasn't noticed on the quiet block in the Galewood neighborhood until about 1 p.m., Chicago police said. Illinois State Police, who provide security for the governor, and the Chicago Police...
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Fracking opponents win big in Pennsylvania
2013-12-23 17:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Robinson Township in western Pennsylvania is home to a couple thousand residents and about 20 fracked wells. In a resounding victory for common sense and for local governments throughout the state, residents there and in six other towns won an epic court battle last week that will give them back the right to regulate or even evict the fracking operations in their midst. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday struck down elements of a state law that had prevented local governments from regulating...
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Fracking Pipeline Stirs Controversy in Bluegrass State
2013-12-22 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The land agent first came knocking on Vivian and Dean Houses door in July. They sat on the patio of the retired couples 85-acre farm in this Central Kentucky town and chatted. The guy was friendly, the kind of guy Dean could talk to about fishing. He put the couple at ease and told them his company was interested in running a pipeline through their land. They were later offered more than $165,000 to sign easements. This map shows the proposed route through Pennsylvania, West Virginia,...
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United Kingdom: Fracking protests head north as activists mass on proposed Manchester shale gas exploration sites
2013-12-21 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Gathered under the banner of Frack Free Greater Manchester, militant activists last week pledged to do everything they could to disrupt the search for new sources of energy. Portraying themselves as representing local opinion, they have been involved in a series of demonstrations around Manchester against test drilling by a number of companies which hope to begin commercial exploitation of shale oil and gas. But The Telegraph can reveal that the leading campaigners against "fracking' in the North...
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