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Flawed Fracking Bill Passes California Assembly
2013-09-11 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Senate Bill 4, which undermines existing environmental law and leaves Californians unprotected from fracking and other dangerous and extreme fossil fuel extraction techniques, passed the California Assembly today and will likely head to Governor Browns desk after a concurrent vote in the Senate. "This legislation does nothing to stop fracking or protect communities across the state from its harmful effects and last minute changes to the bill made it even worse," said Adam Scow, California campaigns...
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California Legislature passes fracking regulation bill
2013-09-11 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A heavily lobbied bill that would give California the nation's toughest regulation of a controversial oil drilling technique won easy passage Wednesday from the Legislature. The bill now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown, who said Wednesday that he would sign it into law. At issue is the practice of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking. It is a process that involves injecting mixtures of sand, water and chemicals to free oil and natural gas trapped deep underground in shale formations. The...
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Fracking bill passes California state Assembly
2013-09-11 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A hotly contested bill that would impose California's first regulations on fracking and other oil production practices passed the state Assembly on Wednesday, despite opposition from environmentalists and oil companies. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the practice of injecting water, sand and chemicals underground to crack rock formations and free up oil and natural gas. The technology makes it possible for oil companies to unlock California's vast Monterey Shale deposit, which is estimated...
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California passes bill to strictly regulate oil well 'fracking'
2013-09-11 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A bill that would give California the nation's toughest regulation of a controversial oil drilling technique won easy passage Wednesday from the state Assembly. SB 4 by Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) cleared the Assembly on a 47-17 vote and went back to the Senate for concurrence in amendments. The Senate previously passed it by a 28-11 vote. The measure had widespread support from most environmental groups, but they pulled their support just before the Assembly vote Wednesday. They argued...
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NFU Passes Unanimous Decision on Renewable Fuels, COOL and Farm Bill
2013-09-10 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The National Farmers Union (NFU) Board of Directors has unanimously passed a resolution indicating the obligation of Congress to provide continuing to support Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
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