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Climate adviser backs fracking
2013-12-11 03:39:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Britain should push ahead with fracking, the chairman of the government's advisory body on climate change says.
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Is Fracking Drinking Up More Water Than Anyone Thought?
2013-12-09 17:28:00| oilandgasonline News Articles
Fracking is more water-intensive than anyone realized, according to National Geographic.
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Mining and Fracking Public Lands Creates 4.5 Times More Carbon Than They Can Absorb
2013-12-09 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wilderness Society: Public lands generate about 4.5 times more atmospheric carbon than they are currently able to absorb, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress. In short, oil and gas drilling is outpacing the capacity of our forests and grasslands to capture the carbon that is being emitted. Strip mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Photo credit: Bureau of Land Management The report cites analysis commissioned by The Wilderness Society, which showed that fossil fuel extraction...
Fracking and the environment: cooling tensions out West
2013-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: The emergence of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as a major source of domestic oil and gas has often put energy companies and environmentalists at bitter odds. But two developments out West show that doesnt always have to be the case. The boom in fracking, which involves drilling into shale formations and using high-pressure water and chemicals to force out fuel, has raised the hope of greater energy security for the United States. But it has also prompted fears that the process releases too...
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Water Scarcity May Limit Fracking In UK
2013-12-09 10:42:30| oilandgasonline News Articles
The fracking industry in the UK may run into trouble because it relies heavily on a scarce resource: water.
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