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United Kingdom: Doctors and academics call for ban on 'inherently risky' fracking
2015-03-30 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fracking should be banned because of the impact it could have on public health, according to a prominent group of health professionals. In a letter published by the British Medical Journal on Monday, 20 high-profile doctors, pharmacists and public health academics said the inherently risky industry should be prohibited in the UK. The arguments against fracking on public health and ecological grounds are overwhelming. There are clear grounds for adopting the precautionary principle and prohibiting...
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EPA: Nearly 700 Chemicals Used in Fracking
2015-03-30 14:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Environment Protection Agency on Friday released a new analysis that concludes almost 700 chemical additives are used in hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas. Ninety-eight percent of the fluid injected into wells is water mixed with sand, which is used to keep fractures open so that oil and gas can be removed from shale. But the EPAs analysis released Friday provides a more comprehensive look at the remainder of the fracking chemicals, which the industry says are used to protect...
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In New York, Fracking Ban Fuels Secession Talk
2015-03-27 13:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The national debate over fracking, which critics say can pollute groundwater and endanger public health, heated up last week when the Obama administration announced the first-ever federal regulations on the practice. But nowhere is fracking as heated an issue as in the stretch of New York known as the southern tier, where Cuomo's ban has spurred talk of secession. Political leaders like Price, Windsor's town supervisor, say secession is not such a farfetched idea, and they are gathering feedback...
Federal fracking rule pelted with lawsuits; more on the way
2015-03-27 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: An anticipated cascade of litigation targeting the Obama administration's new drilling rule gained speed yesterday as a Wyoming lawsuit became the second legal challenge on court dockets so far. Wyoming's suit accuses the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management of abusing its power in crafting new requirements for fracking and drilling on public and American Indian lands. The challenge joins an industry lawsuit filed minutes after the rule's unveiling in kicking off what is likely to be...
Indiana County, Pa., Officials Oppose Fracking Waste Disposal
2015-03-26 21:48:00| Waste Age
<a href="www.indianagazette.com">IndianaGazette.com</a> The Indiana County commissioners Wednesday adopted a resolution urging state and federal environmental agencies to reject permits for disposing of hydraulic fracking waste from natural gas and oil drilling in underground injection wells in Indiana County. read more
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