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Obamas fracking regulations hits a speedbump, not a brick wall
2016-06-22 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Obamas environmental legacy hasnt had a great year in court. Last October, a federal appeals court blocked an Environmental Protection Agency rule protecting wetlands, and in February, the Supreme Court pressed pause on his Clean Power Plan, the cornerstone of Obama`s climate change agenda. The latest blow came on Tuesday, when U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl, an Obama appointee, struck down the Department of Interiors fracking regulations. While the 2015 regulations weren`t considered...
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Obama Appointee Strikes Down Obama Administration's Fracking Regs
2016-06-22 21:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Portalemida: The rules would require the disclosure of ingredients used by the petroleum developers to improve the results of fracking. A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's signature effort to regulate hydraulic fracturing on public lands, putting another of the president's environmental initiatives in legal limbo months before he leaves office. In an order signed Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl said the U.S. Bureau of Land Management can't set the rules because Congress has...
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Judge blocks rules to restrict fracking
2016-06-22 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: A crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. The Obama administration is expected to appeal a ruling by a federal judge that blocks federal rules for hydraulic fracturing. A crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. The Obama administration is expected to appeal a ruling by a federal judge that blocks federal rules for hydraulic fracturing. A federal judge late Tuesday dealt a blow to the...
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German government agrees to ban fracking indefinitely
2016-06-22 14:03:28| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's coalition government agreed to ban fracking for shale gas indefinitely on Tuesday, after years of fractious talks over the issue, but environmental groups said the ban did not go far enough and vowed to fight the deal. Test drilling will be allowed but only with the permission of the respective state government, officials said. German industry is keen to keep the door open to fracking - which involves blasting chemicals and water into rocks to release trapped gas - arguing it could...
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Obama-Nominated Judge Strikes Down Fracking Rule
2016-06-22 13:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
US News: An Obama-appointed federal judge Tuesday rebuked one of the administration's first and most visible efforts to implement new environmental regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the oil and gas drilling technique that helped unleash the nation's energy boom. Judge Scott Skavdahl, of the U.S. District Court of Wyoming, found an Interior Department rule released in March 2015 exceeded the administration's executive authority, siding with Republican critics who saw the regulation as overreach...
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