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Environmental group says reaches accord to stop offshore fracking in California
2016-01-30 03:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A conservation group said the federal government must stop approving offshore fracking from oil platforms in California's Santa Barbara Channel under the settlement of a lawsuit it filed. The group, the Center for Biological Diversity, in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, had challenged what it said was the U.S. Department of the Interior's practice of rubber-stamping fracking off California's coast without engaging the public or analyzing fracking's threats to ocean ecosystems,...
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Bernie Sanders is the only presidential candidate to oppose fracking
2016-01-28 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Republic: There isnt much daylight these days between the Democratic candidates on the environment. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Martin OMalley all agree that humans are responsible for climate change and that its one of the worlds most pressing problems. To that end, they support clean energy tax breaks, reject drilling in the Arctic, and oppose the (now-rejected) Keystone XL pipeline. But theres one environmental issue where Sanders truly stands apart: He wants to ban hydraulic fracturing...
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Florida House approves bill to authorize, regulate fracking
2016-01-28 17:40:03| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
After rejecting efforts to require the oil and gas industry to disclose carcinogens and monitor the effects of fracking on pregnant women and drinking water, the Florida House on Wednesday passed a bill to open the door to the high-pressure drilling technique. The measure, HB 191, allows the state to regulate and authorize the pumping of large volumes of water, sand and chemicals into the ground using high pressure to recover oil and gas deposits.
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Experts Cast Doubt On EPA Fracking Investigation
2016-01-28 01:47:30| oilandgasonline News Articles
Government analysts say the U.S. EPA’s investigation into the effects of fracking on drinking water may lack scientific credibility.
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Fracking fears raised by new study
2016-01-26 03:29:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Research on the amount of gas leaked from onshore oil and gas wells raises "serious questions" over the development of fracking in the UK, Greenpeace has said.
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