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Pennsylvania State Senator Announces Fracking Moratorium Legislation
2013-09-18 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: At a press event today, State Senator Jim Ferlo (D-Pittsburgh) announced the introduction of the Natural Gas Drilling Moratorium Act, Senate Bill 1100, that would place a moratorium on issuing new permits for fracking in Pennsylvania. He was joined by PennEnvironment, Food & Water Watch, other community and environmental advocacy groups, and concerned citizens. Since the advent of the shale gas industry in Pennsylvania, I have advocated for a more cautious approach to natural gas extraction from...
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New Fracking Emissions Study Brings Out The Usual Suspects
2013-09-17 17:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: A Cabot Oil and Gas natural gas drill stands at a hydraulic fracturing site on January 18, 2012 in South Montrose, Pennsylvania. Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, stimulates gas production by injecting wells with high volumes of chemical-laced water in order to free-up pockets of natural gas below. The process is controversial with critics saying it could poison water supplies, while the natural-gas industry says it's been used safely for decades. While New York State has yet to decide...
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Fracking and Colorado Flooding Dont Mix
2013-09-17 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A lot is being written in the state and national press about the terrible human devastation week-long rain storms have created in Colorado. The impact has been greatest along what is known locally as the Front Range, the flat land directly east of the Rocky Mountains. The city of Boulder and smaller towns such as Lyons and Jamestown have been particularly hard hit, but no city along the front range from the Wyoming state line through Denver to Colorado Springs has been spared. In Colorado, weve...
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Gas Leaks in Fracking Less Than Estimated
2013-09-17 03:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Drilling for shale gas through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, appears to cause smaller leaks of the greenhouse gas methane than the federal government had estimated, and considerably smaller than some critics of shale gas had feared, according to a peer-reviewed study released on Monday. Workers tended to a well head in a hydraulic fracturing operation at Enana Oil and Gas well near Rifle, Colo., in March. The study, conducted by the University of Texas and sponsored by the Environmental...
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Colorado Flooding: Deaths, Dramatic Rescues, Fracking & Broken Oil Pipeline
2013-09-17 00:56:29| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Boulder County activists are concerned -- and rightly so -- with flooded oil and gas wells in northeast Boulder County, and southwest Weld County in Colorado.
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