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Dirty Pipeline: Methane From Fracking Sites Can Flow To Abandoned Wells, UVM Study Shows
2015-10-28 02:53:10| oilandgasonline Home Page
As debate roils over EPA regulations proposed this month limiting the release of the potent greenhouse gas methane during fracking operations, a new University of Vermont study funded by the National Science Foundation shows that abandoned oil and gas wells near fracking sites can be conduits for methane escape not currently being measured.
10.28.15 -- Study Finds Fracking Not To Blame For Water Contamination
2015-10-27 01:17:05| pollutiononline News Articles
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Yale Study: Fracking Not To Blame For Water Contamination
2015-10-26 06:09:13| pollutiononline News Articles
A new study out of Yale University adds fodder to the argument waged by the energy industry that fracking is not a threat to drinking water resources.
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Women 'less likely than men to support fracking, due to instinct'
2015-10-23 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Women are far less likely than men to support fracking because they rely more on feel and gut reaction than facts, according to the woman representing the UK shale gas industry. Averil Macdonald, who was appointed chair of UK Onshore Oil and Gas this week, said that giving women more information about the controversial practice would not change their minds. Women, for whatever reason, have not been persuaded by the facts. More facts are not going to make any difference, the professor of science...
Majority texans support local control of fracking, UT poll shows
2015-10-21 15:10:46| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star-Telegram: A majority of Texans believe cities should be able to ban hydraulic fracturing even if state law otherwise permits it, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Texas at Austin. In Texas, 57 percent of those surveyed agree that cities should be able to block hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and nationally 58 percent support giving cities that authority, according to the UT Energy Poll released Tuesday. Continued support for local control comes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed...
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