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Air Pollution Destroys Health of Texas Fracking Communities
2013-09-20 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: In the five years since the shale boom hit, the once-beautiful hills of south Texas have been transformed into a scarred, industrial landscape. The residents` health is part of the collateral damage, according to the environmental watchdog group Earthworks. Their new study documents hazardous chemicals in the air and serious ailments reported by families living in close proximity to drilling operations. The Earthworks report is the latest in a series of publications exposing potential health risks...
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California law to regulate fracking signed by governor
2013-09-20 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California's first regulations on fracking and related oil production practices will go into effect next year in the most populous U.S. state under a bill signed into law on Friday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the practice of injecting water, sand and chemicals underground to crack rock formations and free up oil and natural gas. The technology makes it possible for oil companies to unlock California's vast Monterey Shale deposit, estimated to hold...
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How much methane leaks out during fracking?
2013-09-20 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Critics of the natural gas extraction technique known as fracking have long criticized it for leaking too much methane a potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere during the extraction process. The Environmental Protection Agency recently estimated that natural gas operations emitted about 145 million metric tons of methane in 2011, making it the biggest source of these emissions in the country. Now a new study, sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and nine energy petroleum companies,...
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No fracking in Barry County, yet / 9-19-13
2013-09-20 15:49:12| Waste Management - Topix.net
Permits issued by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality allowing the West Bay Exploration Company to drill for oil on property owned by the Roland and Shirley Palma Trust in Thornapple Township and to George Leonard of Hope Township are for the drilling of conventional oil wells.
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In flood-struck Colorado, concerns about fracking spills
2013-09-18 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Contaminated water spilling from flooded oil and gas drilling sites in Colorado is refocusing attention on the environmental risks surrounding America's fracking boom. Floods that have devastated north-central Colorado, killing eight people and displacing thousands, have also dislodged storage tanks that hold drilling wastewater left over from the production process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. While the impact of leaks is yet to be assessed, environmental groups, which oppose...
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