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Price of Sand: New Documentary Exposes Dangers of Frac-Sand Mining
2013-04-04 14:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Filmmaker Jim Tittle previewed his new documentary film, The Price of Sand, at the historic Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing, Minnesota, to a full house last week. With original interviews, coverage of recent events and local music about frac-sand mining, this visually rich 57-minute film explores the controversy surrounding frac-sand mining. Minnesota and Wisconsin are experiencing a mining boom because both states have plentiful deposits of pure silica sand, a necessary component in hydraulic fracturing...
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A duel over sand dunes in New Jersey as residents fight Christie plan to take land
2013-03-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Record: Police in Maine publicly displayed the names and addresses of men accused of buying sex from a fitness instructor. The New York City health department posts letter grades on restaurants, alerting customers when the highest of standards arent being met. And the Port Authority recently published online the names of E-ZPass cheats. Now, taking a similar tack, Governor Christie is threatening to shame oceanfront property owners publicly if they refuse to allow sand dunes some that could reach 22...
Making the perfect video game sand
2013-03-28 21:20:31| CNET News.com
The sand in PS3 game Journey was some of the most realistic ever seen in a video game. It wasn't easy. [Read more]
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Canada: Alberta Tests Athabasca River to Gauge Oil Sand Leak's Toxicity
2013-03-27 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: More than a day after industrial waste water leaked from a Suncor Energy Inc. site into the Athabasca River, the oil-sands giant and the province were still trying to determine which, if any, toxic materials were carried into the major Alberta waterway. On Monday, staff at the Suncor oil-sands base plant north of Fort McMurray discovered a pipe carrying water that had been used in bitumen extraction and upgrading had frozen, cracked and was leaking into an outfall pond near the river for at least...
S.D.'s special sand could be used in N.D.'s oil fields
2013-03-24 18:26:42| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
RAPID CITY - Officials say western South Dakota could play a key role in energy development in North Dakota and elsewhere because of special sand.
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