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Fracking Bringing Economic Growth to Pennsylvania, for Now
2013-07-04 10:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: Rural Pennsylvania was transformed into one of the nation's oil and gas boom regions virtually overnight thanks to abundant Marcellus Shale gas development. Many people know the City of Williamsport, located in Lycoming County, as the site of the Little League World Series, but gas production helped make it the seventh fastest-growing community on a percentage basis in the U.S. And while that growth appears to be leveling off, the region looks set to ride out the boom for as long as the gas remains...
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Chicago's energy deal: An "F" for fracking?
2013-07-03 15:37:52| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WBEZ: Curious Citizen Janice Thomson does not consider herself an environmentalist. "Environmentalist has this different kind of connotation,' said the northsider. "I think of environmentalists as people who go hiking. And I don't. But I'm obviously concerned about impacts on our earth, our air, our ability to grow food.' After five years living in Brussels, Belgium she got used to regular media coverage of climate change and renewable energy. Back in the U.S., even a record low in arctic sea ice...
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US EPA's abandoned Wyoming fracking study: One retreat too many
2013-07-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pro Publica: When the Environmental Protection Agency abruptly retreated on its multimillion-dollar investigation into water contamination in a central Wyoming natural gas field last month, it shocked environmentalists and energy industry supporters alike. In 2011, the agency had issued a blockbuster draft report saying that the controversial practice of fracking was to blame for the pollution of an aquifer deep below the town of Pavillion, Wy. -- the first time such a claim had been based on a scientific...
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New US study inflames South Africa's fracking debate
2013-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mail & Guardian: A new study in the United States that links hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to high concentrations of methane in drinking wells has reignited the South African debate about the controversial technique for extracting natural gas. South Africa's plan to drill for natural gas in the Karoo Basin, which could pave the way towards increasing its energy independence and boosting the economy, has been met with vociferous opposition from civil and environmental lobby groups. They say that the government...
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Fracking faces tough foes in leafy Sussex
2013-06-29 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: You could call it a tale of two countrysides. On one side of the B2036 at Lower Stumble, near the leafy West Sussex village of Balcombe, stands a high, newly erected metal fence guarding the site where Cuadrilla -- Britain's main fracking firm -- plans to drill. To get in, you have to pass through two heavily padlocked gates, festooned with signs: No Access; No Admittance; Authorised Personnel Only; Guard Dogs on Patrol: even Danger, Firearms in Use -- though this may refer to shooting on the nearby...
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