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People Near Wyoming Fracking Town Show Elevated Levels of Toxic Chemicals
2016-06-22 09:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: A new study brings researchers and environmental advocates closer than ever to tracing whether toxic chemicals spewing out of natural gas production sites are making their way into the bodies of people who live and work nearby. The research, published last week, brought together for the first time air monitoring at oil and gas sites with what's called biomonitoring--the tracking of what's in human tissues or fluids. The results indicate harmful compounds were emitted from certain gas sites near...
Judge: US Agency Lacks Authority to Set Rules on Fracking
2016-06-22 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A judge ruled Tuesday that federal regulators lack the authority to set rules for hydraulic fracturing, dealing another setback to the Obama administration's efforts to tighten how fossil fuels are mined. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl said the Bureau of Land Management can't set the rules because Congress has not authorized it to do so. The judge, who was nominated by Obama in 2011, wrote that the court's role is not to decide whether hydraulic fracturing is good or bad for the environment,...
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EPA Ruling Prevents Dumping Fracking Waste At POTWs
2016-06-15 17:47:00| Chemical Processing
The EPA bans the disposal of fracking waste at Pennsylvania public treatment facilities.
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Pressure mounts over 'suppression' of UK fracking impacts report
2016-06-14 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Pressure is growing on the UK government to release a report into the impacts of shale gas fracking, which campaigners have accused ministers of suppressing. The Committee on Climate Change, which advises parliament on meeting the UKs carbon targets, submitted the report in March. It covers the expected impact of exploiting the UKs onshore oil and gas resources on nationally set greenhouse gas targets. It can only be published when the secretary of state for energy has responded. Green...
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The Book Fracking Industry Doesnt Want You to Read
2016-06-13 08:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: My new book, Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment will be released this week and I want to tell you why I wrote it. In the 1990s, I worked on a project to promote renewable energy. Even then, renewables were ready. They were cost-effective and along with energy efficiency technologies, we were poised to make the transition. But, the fossil fuel industry used its immense power to stop the necessary progress from happening. When we started getting calls about...
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