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These Members of Congress Are Bankrolled by the Fracking Industry
2013-11-21 16:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: The growing fracking industry is "yielding gushers" of campaign donations for congressional candidates--particularly Republicans from districts with fracking activity--according to a new report from the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The report, "Natural Cash: How the Fracking Industry Fuels Congress," examines a period spanning from 2004 to 2012. In that time, CREW finds, contributions from companies that operate hydraulic fracturing wells and fracking-related...
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House Approves Bill to Fast Track Fracking on Public Lands
2013-11-21 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: By a vote of 235-187, the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved its latest giveaway to the oil and gas industry--a bill that would fast track the approval of fracking on public lands, according to Environment America. The bill approved yesterday is one of three anit-environmental, pro-industry bills expected to pass the Republican controlled House of Representatives this week. Fracking is already wreaking havoc on our environment and health," said Environment Americas Federal Clean...
Fracking without freshwater at west Texas oilfield
2013-11-21 09:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At a dusty Texas oilfield, Apache Corp has eliminated its reliance on what arguably could be the biggest long-term constraint for fracking wells in the arid western United States: scarce freshwater. For only one well, millions of gallons of water are used for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the process that has helped reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil over the past five years by cracking rock deep underground to release oil and gas. In Irion County, where Apache is drilling dozens of Wolfcamp...
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Wyoming Court Hears Fracking Chemical Disclosure Case
2013-11-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The state Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether a trade secrets exemption in Wyoming's public records law may be invoked to shield from disclosure many of the chemicals the petroleum industry uses in hydraulic fracturing. The landowner group Powder River Basin Resource Council and environmentalists including the Wyoming Outdoor Council argued that individual ingredients in the various chemical products used during hydraulic fracturing can't be considered trade secrets. Therefore,...
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'Fracking' protest set for Saturday
2013-11-20 09:23:17| Waste Management - Topix.net
A group of Fowlerville-area residents will protest potential hydraulic fracturing in Livingston County noon to 2 p.m. Saturday in downtown Fowlerville.
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