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Extreme Drought in CA Triggers Halting Fracking Waste Injection Avoid Aquifer Contamination

2014-07-18 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: California officials have ordered an emergency shut-down of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review of more than 100 others in the state`s drought-wracked Central Valley out of fear that companies may have been pumping fracking fluids and other toxic waste into drinking water aquifers there. The state`s Division of Oil and Gas and Geothermal Resources on July 7 issued cease and desist orders to seven energy companies warning that they may be injecting their waste into aquifers that could...

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Effort Avoid Vote on Fracking Falters in Colorado

2014-07-17 01:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Efforts by leading Colorado Democrats to head off a costly and divisive election-year fight over oil and gas drilling appeared to crumble on Wednesday as Gov. John W. Hickenlooper announced that he did not have enough support to pass a compromise law giving local towns more control over fracking in their backyards. Despite our best efforts and those of other willing partners, we have not been able to secure the broader stakeholder support necessary to pass bipartisan legislation in a special...

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America Movil to sell assets to avoid Mexican regulation

2014-07-09 08:53:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) America Movil announced plans to divest some of its assets in Mexico in order to avoid further regulation as a dominant operator. The company's Mexican subsidiaries Telmex and Telcel were designated "preponderant economic agents" earlier this year under reforms of Mexican telecom law. They are set to face further asymmetric regulation under another round of reforms going through congress. America Movil said it would sell certain assets in Mexico to a "new and solid carrier" independent from America Movil that has the experience and resources to develop the activities and "overcome the obstacle of the insufficient investment made by our Mexican competitors". The company did not say which assets are concerned or who the potential buyer could be, but said it expects to receive a commercial price for the activities. In addition, Telcel will spin off all its base station sites, including towers and related passive infrastructure, into a new company and open these up for use by competitors. In the fixed market, Telmex is waiving its option to acquire 51 percent of pay-TV provider Dish Mexico. However it will continue to work with Dish on distributing and supporting its services. Telmex noted the same support services, such as billing and equipment rental, are available to other carriers, including cable and satellite providers. The proposals remain subject to a number of approvals, including government and regulatory bodies and the company's own board and shareholders.

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UN issued with roadmap on how to avoid climate catastrophe

2014-07-08 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The United Nations was presented with a roadmap to avoid a climate catastrophe on Tuesday, prescribing specific actions for the worlds biggest economies to keep warming below 2C. In a report prepared for the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, experts from 30 international institutions set out a range of strategies for the economies responsible for more than two-thirds of global emissions. The initiative is the first of its kind to try to make concrete plans around the various targets that have...

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