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Shh! Settlement bans two kids from talking about fracking for life
2013-08-07 17:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Two Pennsylvania children have been permanently banned from talking about fracking following a legal settlement with the companies exploring for natural gas around their family farm. The 2011 settlement, signed when the kids were just 7 and 10 years old, could theoretically follow them for the rest of their lives, according to reports from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. How did two pre-teens get wrapped up in this gag order? It all stems from a 2011 settlement signed by their parents after fracking...
Fears of quakes and flammable tap water hit Britain as fracking looms
2013-08-07 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The fear of fracking has come to Britain, replete with worries about potential earthquakes and tap water tainted with natural gas that bursts into flames at the strike of a match.. Since a ban on the method of extracting natural gas was lifted in May, a company has begun exploratory drilling in the southern town of Balcombe to see what reserves may lie locked up in rock strata far beneath its rolling hills and green meadows. Read more: 'Fracking' protesters say drilling jobs not worth environmental...
Children given lifelong ban on talking about fracking
2013-08-05 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Two young children in Pennsylvania were banned from talking about fracking for the rest of their lives under a gag order imposed under a settlement reached by their parents with a leading oil and gas company. The sweeping gag order was imposed under a $750,000 settlement between the Hallowich family and Range Resources Ltd, a leading oil and gas driller. It provoked outrage on Monday among environmental campaigners and free speech advocates. The settlement, reached in 2011 but unsealed only last...
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Fracking Companies Issue Gag Orders and Buy Victims Silence
2013-08-05 17:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In further attempts to stifle public awareness of the dangers of fracking, energy companies have been issuing gag orders on families who contract with them. The gag orders cover everyone in the family, including children. Drilling company Range Resources offered $750,000 to a Pennsylvania family to move from their home with one catch: the family, and their kids, were not to say a word. There have been numerous reports of dangerous pollutants contaminating the land and water supply of families...
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Bianca Jagger: Stop this fracking nightmare in Balcombe
2013-08-05 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: I am very upset by reports that the fracking company Cuadrilla began operations in Lower Stumble, a mile south of the lovely village of Balcombe, West Sussex, last Friday, 2 August. On Saturday I made my second trip to the campsite in Lower Stumble my first journey was on 28 July. I felt compelled to lend my support after I received Twitter requests from concerned residents asking me to help them in their struggle against Cuadrilla. I decided it was important to visit Balcombe because I believe...
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