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Colorado's Fracking Moratorium Carries Uncertain Legal Consequences
2013-10-24 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Coloradoan: The outcome of the Nov. 5 election on a proposed five-year moratorium on fracking in Fort Collins is not likely to put the issue to rest. If voters approve Issue 2A, the city could be sued by representatives of the oil and gas industry, the state and mineral rights owners because of the moratoriums impact on their interests, opponents of the proposal say. If the proposal fails, the battle over hydraulic fracturing specifically and oil and gas development in general is likely to go on at the...
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What's Behind Surging Ozone Pollution in Texas? Study to Weigh Role of Fracking in Health Hazard
2013-10-23 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: When ozone pollution skyrocketed in the tiny town of Boulder, Wyo., in 2008, it was relatively easy to identify the culprit as oil and gas drilling, the only major industry in the rural area. Today, a similar situation in San Antonio, Texas, will be more difficult to resolve. The city has violated federal ozone standards dozens of times since 2008, but with so much industrial activity in and around the cityincluding the Eagle Ford shale drilling boom south of San Antoniolocal officials are waiting...
New 'fracking' rules proposed
2013-10-23 13:13:25| Waste Management - Topix.net
The state Department of Environmental Quality on Tuesday announced it is crafting new rules for hydraulic fracturing, a process commonly used to develop natural gas and oil wells.
Court Case on Fracking Ban in Dryden, N.Y., May Have Wide Implications
2013-10-23 11:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: This town in the Finger Lakes region is not the kind of place where one would expect a grass-roots uprising. Even its promotional brochure makes it sound sleepy, listing the main attractions as a few large dairy farms, some crop farms and several horse ranches. But Dryden could soon be synonymous with something more than animals and agriculture. In August 2011, the town passed a zoning ordinance effectively forbidding hydraulic fracturing, the controversial gas extraction method also known as...
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DEQ proposes new Michigan 'fracking' regulations
2013-10-22 18:28:10| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality says it's developing new rules dealing with the natural gas development process known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
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