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A Federal Judge Just Struck Down Obama's Fracking Regulations
2016-06-26 08:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: A major push by the Obama administration to curb the environmental impacts of fracking suffered a severe blow Wednesday evening, when a federal judge in Wyoming ruled that the proposed regulations overstepped the government's authority. The decision could mean that President Barack Obama will leave office without delivering on one of environmentalists' biggest demands: Clamping down on air and water pollution from the chemicals used in fracking, a controversial oil and gas drilling technique that...
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Professor inadvertently helped sink fracking rule
2016-06-23 14:05:14| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Many law professors would be thrilled to have their work cited in a major court decision. Not Hannah Wiseman. The Florida State University law professor, who specializes in energy and environmental law, was dismayed when her 2008 law review article was cited by opponents of an Obama administration hydraulic fracturing rule in their bid to freeze the rule. And yesterday, she was irked again when she was cited in a strongly worded ruling that struck down the administration's regulation. Hannah...
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US federal court kills fracking rule
2016-06-23 14:05:14| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: The Obama administration's hydraulic fracturing rule is dead. In a monumental ruling last night, the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming struck down the years-in-the-making regulation, concluding that the Bureau of Land Management has no authority over fracking. Supporters of the rule plan to appeal the decision, calling it a stunning assault on BLM's ability to regulate development on public lands. The ruling came down last night from Judge Scott Skavdahl. The Obama appointee...
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Rural Pennsylvanians Say Fracking 'Just Ruined Everything'
2016-06-23 04:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Rural Pennsylvanians Say Fracking 'Just Ruined Everything' Feeling abandoned by state regulators, hundreds endure contaminated well water they blame on fracking Jesse and Shirley Eakin stand by the water well they no longer use at their home in Avella, Pa. Delivered water is stored in the tank behind them. This story was originally published by the Center For Public Integrity. AVELLA, Pa. -- Sixty years after his service in the Army, Jesse Eakin still completes his outfits with a pin that...
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Court strikes down Obama fracking rules for public lands
2016-06-23 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A federal judge has struck down the Obama administration's rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, a victory for oil and gas producers and state regulators who opposed the rules as an egregious overreach. The ruling, which the White House vowed to appeal, halts the administration's efforts to address what it sees as safety concerns in the industry and reverses what producers had seen as a first step toward full federal regulation of all fracking activity. The U.S. Interior Department's...
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