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Youngstown gas driller indicted, accused of dumping fracking waste into river
2013-03-01 04:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Plain Dealer: A federal grand jury returned an indictment against the owner of an oil and gas drilling company on Thursday, charging him with violating the Clean Water Act by dumping more than 20,000 gallons of fracking waste into a river in Youngstown. In addition to the charges against Benedict Lupo, 62, of Poland, Ohio, the grand jury also returned Clean Water Act indictments against Lupo`s company, Hardrock Excavating, and an employee of the company, Michael Guesman, 34, of Cortland. Guesman previously...
Latest Move on Fracking Shows Democracy is Alive and Well in NY
2013-02-28 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Governor Andrew M. Cuomos recent decision to hit the reset button on fracking proves that participatory democracy is alive and well in New York. Last week, Cuomos State Health Commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, announced that he needs more time to review frackings health impacts, meaning that the states current proposed fracking regulations will expire on Feb. 28. Any future plans for fracking now depend on how the health issue comes out, which may take as much as a year or more to determine, according...
Fracking Pennsylvania: Flirting With Disaster
2013-02-28 16:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Book review: Fracking Pennsylvania: Fracking With Disaster by Walter M. Brasch, Greeley and Stone Publishers, LLC, Carmichael, CA; 2013; 274 pages, $14.95 As an anti-fracking activist, one of the most important things I`ve learned in this work is how necessary it is for us to be connected and know about each other`s work, experiences and information. Walter Brasch has made a valuable contribution to that effort. If I were teaching a course on environmental ethics, Braschs books would be on the...
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Panel discusses fracking, oil exploration in Oakland Co.
2013-02-28 07:21:23| Waste Management - Topix.net
Supporters and skeptics of fracking debated the controversial process for extracting natural gas at a town hall meeting Wednesday evening.
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Colorados Bully Governor Says He Will Sue Fort Collins to Overturn Fracking Ban
2013-02-27 20:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper says he will direct the State of Colorado to sue Fort Collins to overturn its fracking ban. In a precedent setting vote, last week the Fort Collins City Council voted to ban fracking in Fort Collins city limits. The very next morning, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association--the industry trade group representing oil and gas companies--issued a statement saying they would sue Fort Collins to overturn the ban. Now seven days later in a televised interview, the...
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