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Groups Sue Ohio Gov for Illegally Making State a Fracking Waste Dump
2014-11-20 16:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Two environmental watchdog groups have sued Ohio Governor John Kasich and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), charging that they illegally approved 23 facilities to handle the handling, storage, processing and recycling of fracking waste, bypassing the official rulemaking process. The lawsuit was filed by the Fresh Water Accountability Project and Food & Water Water Watch in the Franklin County court. The suit says that ODNR skirted the formal process, including a legally required...
Does Germany's Draft Law Leave Door Open for Fracking?
2014-11-20 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's government plans to stop short of an outright ban on the controversial technique of fracking for gas, bowing to pressure from industry, according to the latest draft of a law from the environment ministry seen by Reuters. Fracking or hydraulic fracturing to extract gas and oil has transformed the U.S. energy market, boosting domestic supplies. The process is banned in France on environmental grounds. It is allowed in Britain but has strict environmental and safety guidelines. German...
30,000 People Urge California's Gov. Brown To Halt Offshore Fracking
2014-11-19 06:46:59| oilandgasonline News Articles
Citing fracking pollution’s threats to coastal communities and marine wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity recently delivered apetitionsigned by more than 30,000 people urging Gov. Jerry Brown to haltoffshore frackingin California’s coastal waters.
Fracking to be permitted in GW National Forest
2014-11-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Environmentalists and energy boosters alike welcomed a federal compromise announced Tuesday that will allow fracking in the largest national forest in the eastern United States, but make most of its woods off-limits to drilling. The decision was highly anticipated because about half of the George Washington National Forest sits atop the Marcellus shale formation, a vast underground deposit of natural gas that runs from upstate New York to West Virginia and yields more than $10 billion in gas a year....
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Fracking Approved in Largest National Forest in Eastern U.S
2014-11-18 20:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Despite strong opposition from both elected officials in the affected areas and environmental groups, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has approved fracking in George Washington Forest. Objections to the plan came from members of Congress from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and Washington D.C. city council, which passed a resolution opposing it in March. McAuliffe reiterated his opposition before a meeting of the states Climate Change and Resilience Commission...
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