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Texas agency responds to report criticizing Eagle Ford Shale fracking regulation
2013-09-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Current: A toxic mix of irresponsible industry operators and negligent regulators, as well as suffering families, marks hydraulic fracturing or fracking in the Eagle Ford Shale, according to a newly released critical report by national environmental non-profit group, Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project. The study, titled Reckless Endangerment While Fracking the Eagle Ford, slams state agencies like the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for failing to provide oversight and take action...
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In France, fracking ban faces constitutional test
2013-09-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PRI: Forever is a long time. Definitely way too long for opponents of Frances first-in-the-world ban on hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking. Back when it was passed in 2011, many thought the ban would be the final word on fracking in France. The controversial method of injecting water, chemicals and sand deep underground to produce shale gas and oil would never be used here. Instead, shale gas, or gaz de schiste, is still a hot topic, in large part because an American drilling company is...
British Green MP charged over part in fracking protest
2013-09-25 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain's only elected member of parliament from the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, was charged with public order offences on Wednesday after taking part in a protest last month against the shale gas extraction process known as fracking. Lucas was among 36 activists arrested on August 19 as they tried to block access to an exploration site operated by Cuadrilla Resources near the picturesque village of Balcombe in Sussex, southern England. The Crown Prosecution Service said there was sufficient evidence...
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Slowly, Democrats embrace fracking
2013-09-25 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: If any state emerged from a decade of economic recession in strong shape, it was North Dakota. A booming oil industry that`s taken shape on the western side of the state, fueled by the process known as hydraulic fracturing, has kept North Dakota`s unemployment rate at a level less than half the national average while injecting millions in tax revenue into state coffers. Now, other states want in on the economic benefits of fracking -- and blue states are rushing to grab a piece of the fracking...
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Senator Ferlo Announces Fracking Moratorium Legislation
2013-09-25 03:02:55| oilandgasonline News Articles
Recently Senator Jim Ferlo (D-Pittsburgh) announced the introduction of Senate Bill 1100: a moratorium on issuing new permits for hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking,” in Pennsylvania.
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