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A look at findings of Pa. fracking health project
2013-08-25 11:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: An environmental project is providing some of the first specific numbers about people who may have been affected by the boom in natural gas drilling. Heres what the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project has found in Washington County south of Pittsburgh and how experts and the industry are reacting to it: Air pollution seems to be more of a threat than water pollution. Only seven of 27 cases of people who believed they were hurt by nearby natural gas activities involved water pollution....
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Fracking health project puts numbers to debate, suggests air pollution may be bigger concern
2013-08-25 11:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A project examining the local health impacts from natural gas drilling is providing some of the first preliminary numbers about people who may be affected, and the results challenge the industry position that no one suffers but also suggest the problems may not be as widespread as some critics claim. The Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project has been trying to help people who feel they've been sickened by natural gas drilling or processing for about 18 months in one county south...
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United Kingdom: The anger over fracking is real: but the truth is, we can't manage without gas
2013-08-25 03:37:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The battle for Balcombe is a distraction. It allows politicians and businesspeople who want to ditch the green agenda to depict environmentalists as mindless nihilists opposed to modernisation of Britain's energy infrastructure. It is also fair to ask why anti-frackers are willing to go down to Sussex in large numbers while the oil and gas explorers in Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth are ignored. If climate change is the target of the protesters, there is a case for demonstrating against those who...
United Kingdom: Liberal Democrats blast environmental damage caused by fracking
2013-08-24 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats have poured scorn on George Osborne's push for a shale gas revolution in the UK, saying the process of fracking has caused extensive environmental damage and water pollution in the US. The comments, in official policy papers, come as a new Opinium/Observer poll shows strong public opposition to fracking, with resistance particularly strong among women. Asked if they would like to see various alternative types of energy projects in their area, 60% of people said...
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Obama position on fracking leaves both sides grumbling
2013-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
McClatchy: President Barack Obamas embrace of fracking is earning wrath from environmentalists but little love from the oil and gas industry. Obama praised the U.S. natural gas boom in a recent climate change speech and credited it with delivering cleaner energy. The boom is a result of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in which chemical-spiked water is pumped underground to free oil and natural gas trapped in shale rock. The Obama administrations proposed fracking rules say companies dont have to disclose...
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