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United Kingdom: DECC won't back Cameron's fracking price promise
2013-09-06 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: The Prime Minister's argument that fracking will reduce UK energy bills is grounded in "baseless economics". David Cameron faces increasing isolation within his own government over fracking after it emerged the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is avoiding backing his claim that gas prices will fall as a result of shale gas development. Internal DECC memos - seen by the Ecologist - reveal unwillingness within the department to reinforce the Prime Minister's appeal to energy consumers...
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Fracking triggered more than 100 earthquakes in Ohio
2013-09-05 21:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A single fracking wastewater well triggered 167 earthquakes in and around Youngstown, Ohio, during a single year of operation. Thats according to a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research by Won-Young Kim, a researcher at Columbia University. Earthquakes had never been recorded at Youngstown before 2010. Then, at the end of that year, frackers started pumping their waste from Marcellus Shale drilling projects into the 9,200-foot deep Northstar 1 injection well. Within two weeks,...
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N.W.T. government calls for more fracking disclosure
2013-09-04 15:36:24| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Northwest Territories government says the public has a right to know what chemicals are being put into the ground by petroleum companies.
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United Kingdom: Fracking firm Cuadrilla to submit new Balcombe drilling application
2013-09-04 03:39:54| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Cuadrilla has withdrawn two modifications to a planning application to extend its controversial oil exploration in Balcombe, West Sussex, in a move that green campaigners argue will offer a chance for planning officials to overturn consent for the controversial drill site. The company had applied for a six month extension to operations at the site and submitted a further application to increase flare height. But West Sussex County Council (WSCC) yesterday confirmed Cuadrilla had withdrawn these...
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United Kingdom: Company at heart of fracking protests applies for new drilling licences
2013-09-04 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The company at the heart of the anti-fracking protests in Sussex is applying for new licences to drill for oil in the local area, to the fury of campaigners, and is planning to reopen its Lancashire operations within weeks. Cuadrilla's current licences to explore for oil at Balcombe in West Sussex, expire later this month, and the company had been seeking an extension. For weeks, hundreds of protestors have tried to disrupt its activities in the area in order to draw attention to what they see...
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