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Chile environmental watchdog investigates GeoPark for illegal fracking
2016-06-03 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: SANTIAGO Chile's SMA environmental regulator said on Friday it was investigating Latin America-focused oil and gas explorer GeoPark Ltd for alleged violations, including fracking activities without having the necessary permits. Inspections in 2014 and 2015 of GeoPark's hydrocarbon project in the Fell block, located in the southern Magallanes region, detected "hydraulic fracturing activities in different wells, without the environmental permits required by law for this type of activity," the regulator...
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Sanders Touts Fracking Ban as Clinton Pushes Renewables Plan Just Days Before California Primary
2016-06-02 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are ramping up their green bona fides before the Golden State`s crucial Democratic primary Tuesday. The Democratic presidential candidates recently elaborated their national energy plans, with Sanders calling for a nationwide ban on fracking and Clinton pledging to use federal lands to enable the nation`s transition to more renewable energy. Bernie Sanders If elected president, we will not need state-by-state, county-by-county action, because we are going...
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SNP Abstain as Scottish Parliament Ban Fracking
2016-06-02 16:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Scottish Parliament have voted to ban fracking because it is not in line with Scotlands climate plan. Labour, Green and Lib Dem members voted for, whilst Conservatives voted against. SNP members abstained from voting at all but the final was 32 votes to 29. The announcement, that came yesterday, was welcomed by a number of campaign groups, including Friends of the Earth Scotland. Mary Church, Head of Campaigns at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: Its great that the Scottish Parliament...
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Sanders challenges White House and DNC over fracking
2016-06-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Just days after two federal agencies seemed to clear the way for offshore fracking in the Pacific Ocean, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on it to stop. "Make no mistake about it: This was a very, very bad decision by the federal government that will not be allowed to stand if I have anything to say about it," said Sanders. "And as president, I would have a lot to say about it." With environmental activists by his side and a verdant lettuce field behind him, Sanders used Wednesday morning...
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Feds OK fracking off the California coast
2016-06-01 15:08:49| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Los Angeles Times: An environmental assessment from two federal agencies has determined that fracking off the coast of California has no significant impact, lifting a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing that was instituted earlier this year. "The comprehensive analysis shows that these practices, conducted according to permit requirements, have minimal impact," Abigail Ross Hopper, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, said Friday in a statement. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...
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