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US unveils new rules to govern fracking on federal lands
2015-03-21 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The first major federal regulations on hydraulic fracking were released on Friday by the US Department of Interior. The rules, which apply to all fracking on land owned by the US government, are the first federal standards to regulate the process by which a mix of chemicals and water are injected into the ground in order to drill for oil and natural gas. The regulations require companies to disclose the specific mix of chemicals they use while fracking, and allow government workers to inspect...
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Obama admins new fracking rules are just too weak, enviros say
2015-03-20 20:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The Obama administration rolled out fracking rules today that will regulate about 100,000 oil and gas wells on public and tribal lands. The rules come after a long process, initiated in Obamas first term, to regulate the now-booming industry, and attracted more than 1.5 million comments from the public and interested groups. The new regulations, which were issued by the Department of the Interior, will go into effect in 90 days, and are aimed at wells spread over 750 million acres of public and...
New Fracking Rules on Public Lands A Giveaway to Oil and Gas Industry, Advocates Say
2015-03-20 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Earlier this week, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said that the new regulations for fracking on federal lands from the Department of the Interiors Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would be released within the next few days, following a four-year process that included receiving more than 1.5 million public comments. Today she unveiled those new rules, which take effect in 90 days. The BLM claimed they would support safe and responsible hydraulic fracturing on public and American Indian...
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Fracking project gets water quality certification from DEQ
2015-03-20 06:09:57| Waste Management - Topix.net
The site where Helis Oil has proposed a drilling fracking project near Mandeville. The site was photographed on Wednesday, July 30, 2014.
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No Fracking in State Parks, Ohio House Democrats and Republicans Surprisingly Agree
2015-03-19 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In a surprising move for a polarized Ohio legislature controlled by far-right Republicans cozy with fossil fuel interests, its House Energy and Natural Resources committee voted 12-0 Tuesday to ban fracking in state parks. The full bill, which aims to speed up the drilling permitting process, was then passed unanimously on the House floor Wednesday. It now heads to the Senate.
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