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Groups Combat Misleading Fracking Ads on NPR
2013-11-01 14:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: When members of Environmental Action became fed up with pro-fracking spots aired by the Americas Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) on National Public Radio (NPR), they set up a mock website NPR-Dont-Even-Thinkaboutit.org to collect their own messages highlighting the dangers of fracking. Dozens of comments and voices were then edited into a segment intended to serve as a counterweight to the pro-fracking messages on NPR. Since the beginning, companies like Halliburton have been covering up the real...
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Well-managed fracking poses 'low' health risks
2013-11-01 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The public will only face low levels of health risk from shale gas projects, assuming that such projects are "properly run and regulated". That is the conclusion of a new draft report from Public Health England published yesterday, which draws on scientific literature relating to the impact of chemicals and radioactive material associated with shale gas extraction. "The currently available evidence indicates that the potential risks to public health from exposure to emissions associated with...
October top stories: BP faces $18bn fine, calls to end Californian fracking
2013-11-01 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
British oil and gas giant BP will face a fine of up to $18bn (12bn) during the second round of its legal trial over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill incident. Center for Biological Diversity has issued a notice letter to the US Government, which al
Marcellus Shale fracking wells use 5 million gallons of water apiece
2013-10-31 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Forget about residents. Forget about fish. The streams and rivers of Pennsylvania and West Virginia are being heavily tapped to quench the growing thirst of the fracking industry. According to a new report, each of the thousands of fracking wells drilled to draw gas and oil out of the Marcellus Shale formation in those two states uses an average of 4.1 to 5.6 million gallons of fresh water. That`s more than the amount of water used by fracking wells in three other big shale formations around the...
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Proposed DEQ fracking rules supported by Missaukee Co. well driller
2013-10-31 19:17:52| Waste Management - Topix.net
Companies that drill for natural gas in the state will be required to follow more strict standards as part of new rules recently proposed by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
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