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Water Industry Admits Fracking Compromises UKs Water Supply
2013-11-27 20:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Today, two industry groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding stating that their members will minimize the impact of onshore oil and gas development in the UK on the countrys water resources. The memorandum accompanies a report released by Water UK. The report concludes that "where water is in short supply there may not be enough available from public water supplies or the environment to meet the requirements for hydraulic fracturing." While the aim of the mutual agreement was to give the...
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Park Service chief withdraws fracking comments
2013-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The National Park Service (NPS) is walking back comments that showcased doubts about whether natural gas development can help battle climate change, acknowledging they did not receive appropriate review. NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis, in a letter to a House Republican, withdrew the unsigned comments that the service sent months ago to a separate federal agency crafting regulations on hydraulic fracturing. Jarvis, in his mid-November letter to Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), said nobody in management...
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Colo. Fracking Votes Put Pressure On Energy Companies
2013-11-26 22:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The 2013 election marked a victory for foes of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Colorado. Voters in three Front Range communities decided to put limits on the practice. Next week, the north Denver suburb of Broomfield will launch a closely watched vote recount on a proposed moratorium there. Oil and gas companies say the measures create an uncertain business environment. During its original vote count, Broomfield felt more like Miami-Dade County circa 2000 than a sleepy Denver suburb....
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Exposed: fracking licenses granted in Bushmen's reserve
2013-11-25 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Survival International: Large parts of Botswana`s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) home to Africa`s last hunting Bushmen have been opened up to international companies for the controversial practice of 'fracking`, according to an investigation for the documentary film 'The High Cost of Cheap Gas` and British newspaper The Guardian. A leaked map shows that exploration concessions have been granted for half of the CKGR a reserve larger than Switzerland raising fears of land grabbing, a drop in water levels...
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For Better or For Worse Fracking in the Rustic Karoo
2013-11-25 08:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: To the casual passer-by, Petrus Kabaliso and his wife Cynthia present a disarmingly rustic sight, seated as they are under the shade of a date palm at a truck stop in the scorching Karoo desert, in South Africa`s Northern Cape province, a battered umbrella held jauntily over their heads. "We find it very hard to live here," Petrus, 59, tells IPS. "We find old metal, and sometimes the trucks that stop here leave bottles in the rubbish. We can change this for money, and buy pap [maize meal porridge]...
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