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Democracy at Its Best: Boulder County Extends Fracking Ban
2014-11-14 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The time is always right to do the right thing. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I sat in the hearing room of the Boulder County Commissioner yesterday I witnessed citizen-led democracy in action. In a unanimous vote, three Boulder Colorado County Commissioners voted to extend the moratorium on oil and gas drilling in the county for the next three-and-a-half years. The three Democratic party women not only voted against fracking until July 1, 2018, they did so with strong language and gusto as...
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Fracking Emissions Still High in Colorado Despite Regulations
2014-11-14 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Durango Herald: Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, once again hit the spotlight in Colorado on Thursday, with a report suggesting air-quality regulations are not keeping up with the industrys rapid growth. The report, by researchers at the University of Colorado, follows a study released Wednesday that found chemicals used in fracking fluids are no more harmful than those found in common household cleaners. That report was also conducted by researchers at CU. Both reports came as Boulder County on Thursday...
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Fracking accident kills one Halliburton worker, injures 2 at Weld County site
2014-11-14 02:23:22| Energy - Topix.net
One worker was killed and two were seriously injured Thursday when a frozen, high pressure water line ruptured at a Weld County oil well site. The Anadarko Petroleum Corp. well was being hydraulically fractured, or fracked, by the Halliburton Co.
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Fracking accident kills one Halliburton worker, injures 2 at Weld County site
2014-11-14 00:44:05| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
One worker was killed and two were seriously injured Thursday when a frozen, high pressure water line ruptured at a Weld County oil well site. The Anadarko Petroleum Corp. well was being hydraulically fractured, or fracked, by the Halliburton Co.
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Fracking accident kills 1, injures 2 in Colorado
2014-11-14 00:44:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
An accident at a hydraulic fracturing site in northern Colorado killed one worker and seriously injured two others Thursday, authorities said. The three men were trying to heat a frozen high-pressure water line at the oil or gas well site when it ruptured, Weld County sheriff's Sgt.
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