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Fort Collins Bans Fracking as Democracy Comes Alive in Colorado
2013-02-20 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If you dont fight for what you want, you deserve what you get. --Van Jones Almost exactly nine months ago on May 22, 2012, I wrote an editorial in the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper, Fort Colllins Should Ban Fracking. And yesterday, on Feb. 19, a sharply divided Fort Collins City Council voted 5-2 to ban fracking in the City of Fort Collins. Nine months ago the conversation around fracking was relatively new in Colorado and few people and environmental groups were directly addressing...
Groundbreaking Reports Show Fracking is a Risky Short-Term Bubble
2013-02-19 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Energy Policy Forum and Post Carbon Institute have released two groundbreaking reports that belie energy industry claims of U.S. energy independence as a result of newly accessible shale gas and shale (tight) oil. The report findings are based on an unprecedented analysis of more than 60,000 U.S. shale oil and gas wells and an investigation of the role of Wall Street investment banks in the explosive growth of fracking for natural gas. Drill Baby Drill: Can Unconventional Fuels Usher in a New...
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Illinois Fracking Rules Could Be Strictest in the Nation
2013-02-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Midwest Energy News: Illinois legislators are expected to introduce a bill in coming days or weeks that would regulate hydraulic fracturing in the state. Known as Democratic Rep. John Bradleys bill, it is expected to be shaped by months of discussions that have taken place among environmental and industry leaders and legislators. Last year, legislation that started with support from both environmental and industry groups died after undergoing various permutations, including the addition of a two-year fracking moratorium....
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Direct Action Under Way Protesting Fracking Pipeline
2013-02-18 15:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Early this morning, two local youth engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience by locking themselves to the entrance gate of the Delaware State Forest in eastern Pennsylvania which is being used for access by pipeline workers to clearcut trees for the construction of the Northeast Upgrade Project of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline. Allison Petryk, of Vernon, NJ, and Alex Lotorto, of Milford, PA, have locked themselves to the entrance gate of the Delaware State Forest in eastern Pennsylvania which is...
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German Minister Seeks Fracking Law Before September
2013-02-18 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said on Saturday he wants to ban controversial gas drilling methods, or fracking, in all areas where drinking water is protected and that he would like to see legislation on fracking in place by September. Speaking in a video released on the government website, Altmaier said there are unresolved issues about fracking. He previously said he did not see that fracking would be employed anywhere in Germany in the foreseeable future. "I'll propose that...
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