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Viewpoints: Renewable energy, not fracking, is the best choice for California
2013-08-11 13:08:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A debate currently raging in the California Legislature will greatly influence the state's economic and energy future.
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United Kingdom: Protesters unite over Cuadrilla fracking plans in South Downs National Park
2013-08-11 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Protesters against fracking in one of Britain's national parks were joined yesterday by residents from a village that could become the second flashpoint over the controversial energy strategy. The demonstration against fracking in Balcombe, West Sussex, was joined by residents from Fernhurst, another village in the South Downs National Park. Residents in Balcombe are concerned about plans by the energy firm Cuadrilla, whose chairman is the the former BP chief executive Lord Browne, to explore shale...
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High levels of arsenic found in groundwater near fracking sites
2013-08-09 15:39:15| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pro Publica: A recently published study by researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington found elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in groundwater near natural gas fracking sites in Texas Barnett Shale. While the findings are far from conclusive, the study provides further evidence tying fracking to arsenic contamination. An internal Environmental Protection Agency PowerPoint presentation recently obtained by the Los Angeles Times warned that wells near Dimock, Pa., showed elevated levels...
Colorado Fracking Stresses Regulators as Permit Bids Soar
2013-08-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: New rules governing oil and gas extraction in Colorado may increase the review period for permits and add to a backlog of well applications as energy exploration proceeds at a pace to eclipse last years record. The new regulations by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which went into effect Aug. 1, would require wells to be at least 500 feet (152 meters) from the nearest occupied building and mandate pre-drilling notice for nearby landowners and measures to reduce noise, odors, dust...
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California Lawmakers Ask for Offshore Fracking Probe
2013-08-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A group of state lawmakers has asked the federal government to investigate hydraulic fracturing off the California coast where new oil leases have been banned since a disastrous oil spill in 1969. Fracking has occurred in the Santa Barbara Channel at least 12 times since the late 1990s, and regulators earlier this year approved a new project, according to a recent report by The Associated Press, which obtained well permits and internal emails through the Freedom of Information Act. The extent of...
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