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Split Decision by Voters on Local Fracking Bans
2014-11-06 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The small city of Denton, Tex., voted to ban hydraulic fracturing in Tuesdays election after a hard-fought battle between environmentalists and local oil companies in the heart of natural gas country. But nationwide, local initiatives to ban or restrict the oil and gas production process lost as many elections as were won. Voters in Youngstown, Ohio, a Rust Belt city sitting atop vast deposits of natural gas, sent a proposed ban to a landslide defeat. The campaign in Denton captured national attention...
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Texas city bans fracking in its birthplace, court battles loom
2014-11-05 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Voters approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the north Texas town of Denton on Tuesday, making it the first city in the Lone Star State to outlaw the oil and gas extraction technique behind the U.S. energy boom. The vote in the city of 123,000 was highly symbolic because hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is widely used in Texas, the top crude producer in the United States. Green groups said the result served as a wake-up call to the industry, but several similar measures failed...
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Fracking Bans Pass Denton, Texas, Two Calif Counties & One Ohio Town
2014-11-05 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: With a record number of fracking issues on local ballots in California, Texas and Ohio, the outcome was decidedly mixed. Of the eight measures--three in California, four in Ohio and one in Texas--four passed and four failed. The biggest victory came in Denton in north Texas, located atop the lucrative Barnett shale play. After citizens demanded action from city council on a fracking ban and council punted last July, the issue went to the ballot where it passed last night. "As I have stated...
3 California counties voting on fracking bans
2014-11-01 01:27:25| Energy - Topix.net
Voters in three coastal California counties vote Tuesday on whether to ban fracking and other intensive oil production, even as slumping prices globally are leading companies to start to scale back on production. Chevron, ExxonMobil and other oil companies have donated about $7 million to try to defeat the fracking bans in Santa Barbara, San Benito and Monterey counties.
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3 California counties voting on fracking bans
2014-11-01 01:16:27| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Voters in three coastal California counties vote Tuesday on whether to ban fracking and other intensive oil production, even as slumping prices globally are leading companies to start to scale back on production. Chevron, ExxonMobil and other oil companies have donated about $7 million to try to defeat the fracking bans in Santa Barbara, San Benito and Monterey counties.
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