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United Kingdom: Government hails fracking report as step towards unlocking shale gas "prize"
2013-12-17 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The government has once again welcomed the "exciting prospect" presented by the UK's nascent shale gas industry, after a major new independent report predicted new fracking activity could deliver up to 25 per cent of the UK's current gas demand in the 2020s while supporting between 16,000 and 32,000 additional jobs. However, opponents of fracking were quick to seize on the report's admission that fracking would bring with it "significant negative effects", including a potential increase in greenhouse...
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The year fracking shook the world
2013-12-17 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The pumping of water, sand and chemicals underground at pressure to crack rocks and release gas dominated headlines in 2013. Fracking for shale gas, even if the process has not actually been producing much energy beyond its homeland in the US, has barely been out of the public consciousness. In the UK, drilling for oil by fracking explorers Cuadrilla in Sussex roused one of the biggest environmental protests in years, as thousands marched outside the village of Balcombe and Green party MP Caroline...
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Fracking Brings Opportunity and Controversy for Oil and Gas
2013-12-15 16:40:15| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Ever heard of fracking? Shale gas and oil shale reserves had been packed into hard, dense deposits, and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) offers an effective method to extract natural gas and oil. Its been delivering a lot of cheap natural gas to the US and helping keep oil prices down. Fracking is bringing a lot of big business opportunities and political battles in several states. Devon Energy Corp. made a $6 billion acquisition the largest for this year in the oil and gas industry; Devon has played an instrumental role in bringing more natural gas to America and keeping the prices down. California Gov. Jerry Brown is getting heckled by environmentalists for permitting fracking in the state after signing a bill into law this fall that will oversee fracking operations. OPECs power over oil prices is diminishing. With huge growth in US shale and Canadian oil supply, analysts think there will be a sizable boost to global output. Read more about the role of fracking and North American oil and gas reserves in fuel supply and prices.The Article Fracking Brings Opportunity and Controversy for Oil and Gas appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Every serious environmentalist must support fracking? Seriously?
2013-12-15 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If you oppose fracking, then you are not a serious environmentalist. So say U.C. Berkeley physics professor Richard Muller and his daughter Elizabeth Muller in a new opinion paper with a none-too-subtle title: "Why Every Serious Environmentalist Should Favor Fracking." Until recently, Muller wasn`t much of an environmentalist himself. He was a prominent climate denier. But last year he wrote in The New York Times that he came to realize the error of his ways after an intensive review of the...
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Fracking hell: what it's really like to live next to a shale gas well
2013-12-14 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Veronica Kronvall can, even now, remember how excited she felt about buying her house in 2007. It was the first home she had ever owned and, to celebrate, her aunt fitted out the kitchen in Kronvall's favourite colour, purple: everything from microwave to mixing bowls. A cousin took pictures of her lying on the floor of the room that would become her bedroom. She planted roses and told herself she would learn how to garden. What Kronvall did not imagine at the time even here in north Texas,...
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