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Water shortages could limit shale gas development
2014-09-07 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Live: Water shortages pose a big threat to the global shale oil and gas industry, a new report claims. More than a third of commercially viable shale gas deposits worldwide are in areas that are either dry or have water supply constraints, environmental think tank World Resources Institute said. The process of extracting gas and oil from shale rock deep underground -- known as fracking -- requires huge amounts of water. Out of the 20 countries with the largest shale gas resources, eight have deposits...
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Beecher lands more than $5 million in loans for water upgrades
2014-09-07 13:52:03| Waste Management - Topix.net
A year after getting a $3-million loan for upgrades, the Beecher Metropolitan District is receiving an additional $2.18 million loan for continued improvements. State Rep. Pam Faris, D-Clio, announced the loan on Tuesday.
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After Toledo water scare, states ask EPA for help
2014-09-07 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Detroit Free Press: Algae that turned Lake Erie green and produced toxins that fouled the tap water for 400,000 people in Toledo are becoming a big headache for those who keep drinking water safe even far beyond the Great Lakes. But with no federal standards on safe levels for drinking algae-tainted water and no guidelines for treating or testing it either, water quality engineers sometimes look for solutions the same way school kids do their homework. We are Googling for answers, said Kelly Frey, who oversees...
Melting permafrost could worsen water quality in Rockies
2014-09-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Colorado Independent: Heavy metals concentrations are increasing in the Snake River, near Keystone, Colorado, and some scientists think global warming may be a factor. We may not yet know exactly how global warming will affect all the complex parts of Rocky Mountain ecosystems, but its not for lack of trying. Scientists are prodding the soil, counting wildflowers, measuring winds and gauging snowfall nearly every day to unravel the mysteries of the anthropocene, this present-day geological epoch in which humans are...
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2014-09-06 12:37:53| Beverages - Topix.net
Opponents of proposed expansion of the state's deposit law have already pumped more than $5.4 million into a campaign to defeat the question on the November ballot. Nearly all the money - $5 million - came from the Washington-based American Beverage Association, a trade association representing the non-alcoholic beverage industry.
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