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United Kingdom: Fracking communities should get incentives, says minister
2013-03-18 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Communities near shale gas fracking sites should be given handouts to accept drilling in their area, a government minister has said. The suggestion is markedly similar to a proposal made by the fracking company Cuadrilla in a letter to the energy minister John Hayes, released to the Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act, for taxpayers' money to be offered as a "quid pro quo" to help communities accept wells on their doorstep. In the 11-page letter to Hayes in November last year, the...
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12 Arrested Blockading Controversial Fracking Infrastructure
2013-03-18 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Sandra Steingraber PhD., biologist, author and Trumansburg, NY resident, was arrested alongside residents of Seneca Lake and local college students to oppose Kansas City, MO based Inergy, natural gas and liquid petroleum gas storage facility, which would lock in natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale region. Protesters have linked arms and deployed a banner reading Our Future is Unfractured, We Are Greater Than Dirty Inergy across the entrance to the facility on NY State Route 14. The...
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Ten reasons why fracking for dirty oil in California is a stupid idea
2013-03-18 13:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The latest target of the unconventional oil craze is California, specifically the Monterey Shale in southern California (see map). Will California become the next North Dakota? Let us ponder. Oil in California is nothing new - it`s the third highest oil-producing state in the U.S. (after Texas and North Dakota, which recently displaced Alaska for the No. 2 spot). The Monterey area has been drilled for years, profitably, though production has been steadily declining since its peak in the mid `80s....
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California Fracking Fight Has $25 Billion Taxes at Stake
2013-03-18 07:51:29| Energy - Topix.net
California 's reputation for environmental protection may be jeopardized by the lure of a $25 billion tax windfall that depends on how the state permits oil companies to take advantage of vast deposits lying two miles beneath its golden hills.
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California Fracking Fight Has $25 Billion Taxes at Stake
2013-03-18 06:40:58| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
California 's reputation for environmental protection may be jeopardized by the lure of a $25 billion tax windfall that depends on how the state permits oil companies to take advantage of vast deposits lying two miles beneath its golden hills.
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