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Critic boycotts Encana hearing, but crusade against fracking far from over
2013-01-19 21:04:13| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman's assessment of the loyalty of hockey fans appears to be borne out by a new poll, at least north of the 49th parallel.
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Fracking debate draws Yoko, Lennon and Sarandon to rural battlegrounds
2013-01-18 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Yoko Ono might not seem the most likely bus traveller. Northern Pennsylvania, on a cold, snowy January day, might not seem a likely destination. Yet the threat of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and its impact on the farm she and John Lennon bought in New York spurred Ono and her son, Sean Lennon, into action. On Thursday the pair, a group of activists and the actress Susan Sarandon formed an improbable troupe for a road trip through towns which have been affected by fracking. The expedition...
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Is 'Wild West' Era for Fracking Coming to an End?
2013-01-18 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: While in Washington to run a panel at an invaluable conference on disasters and the environment this week, I spent a few minutes in a studio to discuss the issues and opportunities surrounding hydraulic fracturing for natural gas (and oil) on the Current TV show The War Room, hosted by Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan. I describe my recent posts on ways to identify gas leaks or prove - one way or the other - if water contamination came from a particular well. We talked about...
Area residents voice concerns about 'fracking'
2013-01-17 16:54:57| Waste Management - Topix.net
Around 100 people attended an informational meeting in Missaukee County Wednesday to discuss the controversial natural gas extraction method called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
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New Yorks Fracking Process is Broken
2013-01-16 02:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: By the Jan. 11 deadline set by the state, concerned citizens filed more than 200,000 comments blasting the deficiencies in the draft regulations. New Yorks four-year effort to assess the safety of the controversial gas drilling practice known as fracking is broken. To fix it, the state must either declare a ban on fracking, or extend the moratorium now in place while it addresses the fundamental flaws in what has been, to date, an almost Kafkaesque regulatory process. The environmental community...
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