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Texan drought sets residents against fracking
2013-08-11 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In Mertzon and Barnhart in western Texas, the worst drought in two generations is choking the water supply. Water shortages are raising tensions between locals and the fracking industry. Drilling for shale gas uses up to 8m gallons of water each time a well is fracked. Suzanne Goldenberg reports
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United Kingdom: You must accept fracking for the good of the country, David Cameron tells southerners
2013-08-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: David Cameron is to insist that people living in the south of England must accept fracking, as he sets out his argument for the controversial method of extracting gas in the strongest terms yet. The Prime Minister will use an article in The Daily Telegraph to make clear that people in the South as well as the North of England will have to allow fracking, insisting "we are all in this together' in the battle to find sources of cheap energy for Britain. Mr Cameron set out the economic benefits...
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The Controversy Surrounding Fracking
2013-08-11 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The father of fracking, George Mitchell, passed away July 26, leaving many to think about the legacy he leaves behind. Though he didn't exactly invent fracking, the Houston native revolutionized the process by introducing horizontal drilling in the 1990s. Even more than two decades later, Mitchell's process of fracking is still a touchy subject. Though many are thrilled by the natural gas goldmine his drilling taps into, a lot of controversy surrounds the process, especially where the environment...
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United Kingdom: Fracking may not trigger 100,000 benefits for Balcombe
2013-08-11 14:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Fracking by Cuadrilla in Balcombe may not automatically trigger the 100,000 payment that has been promised to residents near most new fracking sites, the Telegraph has learned. Energy companies including Cuadrilla have signed up to a benefits charter that could be worth 10m over 25 years to communities near fracking sites for shale gas or oil. They have pledged 100,000 up-front and then a 1pc share of the revenues if fracking succeeds. The West Sussex village of Balcombe has become the focal...
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United Kingdom: Q&A: How communities could reap benefits from shale gas fracking
2013-08-11 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: What is fracking? The term is shorthand for "hydraulic fracturing', a method of extracting oil and gas from the ground. The process involves drilling a well then pumping water, sand and chemicals down it at high pressure. This fractures the rock, helping to extract the oil and gas within it. Fracking for oil and gas trapped in "shale' rocks is a new process in Britain. But another, less intensive form of fracking -- involving fewer chemicals -- has been going on for decades to help extract...
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