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Fracking bad for Florida
2016-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay Times: Florida lawmakers are pushing to expand fracking, an aggressive form of oil drilling that could threaten the drinking water supply, damage private property and threaten Florida`s tourist economy. Florida lawmakers wanted to send a positive message last month by passing a huge water bill during the first week of the legislative session, committing tens of millions of dollars to clean up the natural springs and generate new supplies of drinking water for the state's most crowded areas. But now they...
British opposition to fracking still outstrips support, survey finds
2016-02-02 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Opposition to fracking continues to outstrip support - particularly among those who know about the controversial process, a survey for the government shows. More than half (53%) of those who said they knew a lot about fracking were against it, compared to a third (33%) who said they were in favour of it, the latest poll tracking attitudes to energy policies has revealed. Among those who thought they knew a little about it, opposition outstripped support by 40% to 26%, the survey for the Department...
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02.03.16 -- Experts Cast Doubt On EPA Fracking Investigation; BLM Proposes Rule To Reduce Methane Emissions
2016-02-02 00:38:25| oilandgasonline Home Page
02/03/16 Oil and Gas Online Newsletter
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Why the federal government stopped fracking off California's coast
2016-02-01 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The federal government must stop approving all offshore oil fracking in Californias Santa Barbara Channel, according to a legal settlement filed Friday in US District Court in Los Angeles. A lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity against the US Department of the Interior challenges the departments practice of rubber-stamping fracking off Californias coast without engaging the public or analyzing frackings threats to ocean ecosystems, coastal communities and marine life the...
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Don't block local limits fracking
2016-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Orlando Sentinel: Earlier this month House Speaker Steve Crisafulli made an appeal on our opinion page for one of his legislative priorities, a bill to rewrite water policy in Florida. "Florida's most valuable natural resource is our water," Crisafulli, a Merritt Island Republican, wrote in a guest column. "From it flows life for our people, our food supply, our environmental resources and our economic prosperity. Policy choices we make today will greatly impact the future of our state." Legislators in both...
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