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Fracking: Potential miracle and big challenge
2013-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Santa Monica Mirror: Starting with the day in January 1848 when gold flakes and nuggets first turned up at Sutter's Mill northeast of Sacramento, California has seen plenty of economic miracles, each focused in a different part of the state. The Gold Rush brought more than 300,000 people to the state, previously a sleepy outpost. The movie industry was the next big miracle, bringing international attention to Southern California for the first time. The dot.com phenomenon of the 1990s put the spotlight on Silicon...
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Le Fracking for Geothermal Heat Drawing Ire of French Oil
2013-04-05 00:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Its an existential question in France: When is fracking not fracking? The country is pushing ahead with plans to harness geothermal energy from smoldering rock deep in the earths crust using drilling methods the oil industry says are like hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which France outlawed in 2011. Environment Minister Delphine Batho awarded two geothermal exploration licenses in February and said 18 more are in review. Some will permeate rock using a process called stimulation that blasts...
Fracking Industry Greases Gears of Government in Tennessee
2013-04-04 17:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: States to the North and West of Tennessee?Illinois, Ohio and Arkansas?are already fracked. Other surrounding states?Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky?are in the industry`s sights, and it feels like there`s a big bullseye painted on Tennessee. While the industry has been dog piling on Pennsylvania, Ohio and Arkansas for production, they`ve been greasing the gears of government here in Tennessee, establishing their right to ruin in Illinois and beating back the opposition in North Carolina. Due to current...
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Fracking: Challenges And Opportunities
2013-04-04 08:25:29| oilandgasonline News Articles
A technology vital for tapping much-needed energy or one that’s environmentally destructive? That’s the question a panel of experts will explore at the Technology and Society Forum session on fracking April 10, 2013 from 3 – 4:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.
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U.S. proposal to move fracking wastewater by barge stirs debate
2013-04-04 00:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration is inching ahead with a plan that would allow wastewater from fracking to be shipped on barges, fueling a debate whether it is safer than other transportation modes or risks polluting drinking water. The Coast Guard last month quietly sent to the White House's Office of Management and Budget a proposal to allow the barging of fracking wastewater. If the plan is pushed forward, it would become a proposed rule open for public comment and could be finalized sometime in the...
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