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Divestment campaign urges customers to boycott banks which support fracking and fossil-fuel industry
2014-10-20 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Customers of Britains biggest banks are threatening to close their accounts unless the institutions cut all ties with coal, tar sands, fracking and other fossil-fuel industries as part of a new campaign launched today. The attempt to force Britains Big Five banks into ending their 66bn involvement with dirty energy marks a new direction for the growing divestment campaign, as part of which this month the University of Glasgow pledged to stop investing in fossil fuels. The new campaign...
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Cincinnati joins worldwide day of action calling for ban on fracking
2014-10-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WCPO: A coalition of four organizations gathered at Fountain Square last weekend to call for a ban on fracking and to ask Ohio's governor to be a major part of making that happen. The event in downtown Cincinnati was one of more than 200 that took place around the world Saturday, Oct. 11 as part of the third annual Global Frackdown , a worldwide day of action against fracking and related oil and gas infrastructure. Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracturing, is a technique used in...
This new study explains why fracking wont solve climate change
2014-10-16 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: For President Obama, fracking is a key weapon against global warming. Abundant natural gas, he said in his State of the Union address this year, is a "bridge fuel" to ubiquitous renewable energy - the key to securing economic growth "with less of the carbon pollution that causes climate change." Not everyone agrees. In fact, the debate over whether natural gas is the antidote to our deadly addiction to coal, or a faux climate change solution that will stall the clean energy revolution, is one...
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Fracking boom will increase global carbon emissions, scientists warn
2014-10-16 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A global fracking boom will not help prevent climate change, as cheap shale gas would displace cleaner renewable energy and actually increase carbon emissions, according to a new study. Because the burning of shale gas, extracted through the controversial process of fracking, releases around 50% less carbon than conventional fossil fuels such as coal, proponents have suggested it could act as a bridge fuel. While investment in renewables is scaled up to meet demand, shale gas could fill in...
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Fracking Wastewater Contributes To Toxic Disinfection By-Products
2014-10-15 06:45:00| Chemical Processing
Halides in fracking wastewater can lead to the formation of toxic compounds during drinking water disinfection.
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