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Republicans Target Fracking Oversight
2013-04-26 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
FuelFix: While championing the benefits of new energy extraction methods, Republican House members accused energy oversight agencies of research that misled the public on environmental and health risks. The accusations came at a joint Energy and Environment subcommittee hearing focus on hydraulic fracturing--often called fracking--an extraction technique pioneered in Texas in the 90s, which taps deep ground reserves of natural gas and oil. Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall slammed the Environmental Protection...
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United Kingdom: Fracking firms should offer sweeteners to locals, say MPs
2013-04-26 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shale gas fracking companies should be made to offer incentives, such as cash payments or rebates on energy bills, to people living near their sites, according to an influential committee of MPs. But the demand for sweeteners to help overcome opposition to fracking came as one of the world's leading insurance groups warned that those drilling in shale areas, deep waters or the Arctic risked "company-killing" reputational and environmental damage. The energy and climate change committee says...
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Harvard Study: FracFocus Fails to Provide Adequate Disclosure for Fracking Chemicals
2013-04-25 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Thanks to two great stories by E&Es Mike Soraghan, we know that the Harvard Law School has evaluated FracFocus.org and found government (and the public) shouldnt rely upon it. In short, Harvard says FracFocus is inadequate for at least three reasons: It is hard to determine when and if companies make disclosures. The data contained within FracFocus isnt vetted--it consists of whatever the company reports. Secrecy claims made by companies arent vetted--FracFocus allows for unchallenged...
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Fracking advisor fallout hits Capitol
2013-04-25 08:39:08| Apparel - Topix.net
A group of Democratic lawmakers are calling for a do-ever in light of revelations that one of the firms hired to assess the potential impacts of horizontal high volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking for natural gas, is a member of IOGA, one of the state's pre-eminent gas and oil drilling trade group.
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Are People Living Near Fracking Sites Getting Sick?
2013-04-24 21:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On April 11,Colorado State Rep. Joann Ginal`s (D-Fort Collins) House Bill 1275 was heard, and died, in committee in the Colorado State Legislature. Rep Ginal`s bill asked and proposed to answer a very honest and simple question, "Are people living near oil and gas drilling and fracking getting sicker than people who don`t?" And, the bill would have provided that information to the public in a short timeframe. Clean Water Action has a door-to-door campaign in the Denver metro area and across the...
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