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10.02.13 -- Senator Announces Fracking Moratorium Legislation
2013-10-01 02:16:40| oilandgasonline News Articles
10/02/13Oil and Gas Online Newsletter
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United Kingdom: Chris Grayling: fracking is 'solution' to high energy bills
2013-09-30 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A Conservative cabinet minister has claimed drilling for shale gas could make the "single biggest difference to the cost of living" for people in Britain. Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, said he believes the controversial process known as fracking is the "solution" to the problem of high energy bills. He spoke out on the first day of the Conservative conference as the party comes under pressure to respond to Labour leader Ed Miliband's promise to freeze energy bills. Asked to name...
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Tennessee Not Alone in Public Land Fracking Debate
2013-09-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tennessean: Environmental activists chalked it up as a victory when the University of Tennessee failed this month to receive any bids for a natural gas drilling project on an 8,600-acre publicly owned research forest. The prospect of drilling for natural gas and the controversial practice to extract it known as fracking set off intense debate in the state about how best to use public land and resources, particularly in the universitys Cumberland Forest. But Tennessee residents arent alone in grappling...
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NC Fracking Commissioners Vow to Relax State Water Testing Standard
2013-09-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Charlotte Observer: RALEIGH North Carolinas fracking commissioners said Friday that fracking is so inherently safe that they will recommend relaxing the standard by which operators will have to test local well water before they begin drilling for natural gas. The states current testing standard, the strictest in the nation, is designed to give residents a legal remedy against the threat of chemical contamination of wells and aquifers from natural gas drilling. Members of the N.C. Mining and Energy Commission said...
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In Victoria, Australia, fracking a headache
2013-09-29 15:37:06| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: The Napthine government is headed for a pre-election showdown with farmers, miners and environmentalists as it decides whether to lift a moratorium on the controversial practice of fracking. The government is expected to receive high-level advice recommending expansion of coal seam gas (CSG) in some of its most politically sensitive areas, a move that could cause a split within Coalition ranks. Well-placed sources believe a review by former federal minister Peter Reith will strongly endorse...
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