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United Kingdom: Fracking 'threatens God's glorious creation'
2013-08-13 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The warning has been issued to Anglicans in Lancashire, where significant work to extract gas and oil by fracking has been proposed. The Diocese of Blackburn has published a leaflet for its flock, telling them that for Christians, fracking presents "a choice between economic gain and a healthy environment.' The church's decision to highlight potential downsides of fracking comes as Conservative ministers step up efforts to sell the technology to voters as an economic necessity. Fracking,...
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Fracking could accelerate global warming
2013-08-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The row over fracking for natural gas has hit the UK, with protests over plans in the village of Balcombe. Could they have a point? Studies are suggesting fracking could accelerate climate change, rather than slow it. The case for fracking rests on its reputed ability to stem global warming. Burning gas emits half as much planet-warming carbon dioxide as an equivalent amount of coal. That is why, after embracing fracking, CO2 emissions have fallen in the US. But leading climate scientists are...
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UTSA, SwRI researchers developing low-cost method to treat fracking water using biochar
2013-08-12 11:30:14| Green Car Congress
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United Kingdom: Fracking should get public support, says David Cameron
2013-08-12 11:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The whole of the country must "get behind fracking", which ought to get "real public support" once its benefits are explained, David Cameron has said. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, he said he wanted all of the UK to benefit from shale gas drilling - "north or south". The prime minister moved to allay concerns about the technique, insisting it was safe if properly regulated. Environmentalists fear it can cause small earth tremors, water contamination and environmental damage. Fracking...
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United Kingdom: Cameron calls on north and south to get behind fracking
2013-08-12 10:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Prime Minister David Cameron has today issued his clearest call to date for communities to support a nationwide boom in fracking activity, arguing that it will deliver lower energy bills and create jobs without damaging the environment. In an article for the Telegraph that is bound to anger the growing ranks of those opposed to fracking, Cameron said he was determined to win the debate over whether or not the UK should exploit its shale gas resources. "If we don't back this technology, we will...
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