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Texas Town Sues to Uphold Fracking Ban, Protect Democracy
2014-12-05 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The little guys arent taking this one lying down. In November, voters in Denton, Texasfed up with oil and gas drilling companies unwilling to work with citizens to put some reasonable protections in place and with state and local regulators for allowing new fracking wells near homes, schools, parks and hospitalspassed a ban on fracking, despite being hugely outspent. The Texas Oil and Gas Association, representing the fracking companies, and the states General Land Office responded with lawsuits...
First Texas City to Ban Fracking Cites 'Public Nuisance' in Lawsuit Response
2014-12-05 07:37:36| Waste Management - Topix.net
Responding to lawsuits brought by attorneys with intimate Bush family connections - with complaints coming from both the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Oil and Gas Association - the Denton attorneys have signaled the battle has only just begun in the city situated in the heart and soul of the Barnett Shale , the birthplace of fracking. In its response to the Texas Oil and Gas Association , Denton's attorneys argued the Association did not provide sufficient legal evidence that the Texas constitution demarcates the Texas Railroad Commission or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as the only governmental bodies that can regulate or permit fracking.
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Penn Engineering Plan Filters Wastewater Produced By Fracking
2014-12-05 03:41:59| oilandgasonline News Articles
Contaminated wastewater produced during hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a major environmental concern associated with natural gas extraction. By Madeleine Stone
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Hillary Clinton Open to Fracking, Ignores Keystone XL
2014-12-02 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Hillary Clinton, widely assumed to be planning another presidential run in 2016, spoke at a League on Conservation Voters (LCV) fundraiser in New York yesterday evening, displaying her usual cautious positioning and avoidance of anything that might be perceived as a leftwing pet projectsuch as the Keystone XL pipeline, which she failed to mention. Despite ongoing pressure from environmental groups, Clinton has consistently refused to address Keystone XL, saying she cant comment while the pipeline...
Hillary Clinton says fracking carries risks in conservation speech
2014-12-02 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hillary Clinton has offered mild criticism of the fracking boom that has spread across the US under Barack Obamas presidency, drawing another small distinction with his administration. Clinton, who has yet to declare she is seeking the presidency, kept the bulk of her speech to a League of Conservation Voters dinner in New York resolutely vanilla. But she did express concerns about the environmental costs associated with natural gas and went so far as to suggest there may be places where it was...
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