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Fracking: Putting Our National Parks at Risk
2015-10-08 21:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Americas national parks cover nearly 52 million acres--an area roughly the size of Kansas--and contain some of the most incredible natural landscapes in the country. Sweeping valleys, frosted mountain peaks and immaculate waterways host a range of incredible wildlife, many of which are threatened or endangered. National parks are also public lands, maintained by the federal government with taxpayer money. They are, quite literally, our land. But while national parks are highly protected, the...
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Fracking industry wells associated with premature birth
2015-10-08 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Expectant mothers who live near active natural gas wells operated by the fracking industry in Pennsylvania are at an increased risk of giving birth prematurely and for having high-risk pregnancies, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. The findings, published online last week in the journal Epidemiology, shed light on some of the possible adverse health outcomes associated with the fracking industry, which has been booming in the decade since the first wells were...
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Mark Ruffalo Urges Penn Governor Enact Immediate Fracking Moratorium
2015-10-08 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On behalf of more than 30,000 concerned citizens nationwide and more than 100 organizations, actor and advocate Mark Ruffalo joined with Pennsylvanians to deliver petitions and a letter to Gov. Wolf calling on the governor to enact a moratorium on fracking and provide help to the many residents harmed by drilling and fracking. Mark Ruffalo and impacted Pennsylvanians also asked the governor to travel to Northeast and Southwest Pennsylvania to meet residents harmed by drilling and fracking operations...
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Fracking Boom Goes Bust as Companies File for Bankruptcy
2015-10-06 16:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: .S. shale production is in deep, deep trouble as the fracking boom bursts in the face of low oil prices. The September report from the oil cartel, OPEC, shows the writing on the wall. Crude oil prices have declined more than 50 percent since last year, says Nova Safo of NPRs Marketplace. Fracking companies in places like North Dakota, West Texas, parts of Oklahoma and Kansas have all taken a big hit. Many are filing for bankruptcy protection or going out of business. There were a large number...
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United Kingdom: Fracking Village Gets Green Light to Build Solar Farm
2015-10-02 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The UKs clean energy sector got a boost yesterday, as Repower Balcombe, the local energy cooperative born of the 2013 fracking protests, was given the go ahead with its proposed 5 megawatt (MW) solar park in West Sussex. The group has already installed more than 100 solar panels on its village schools and nearly 70 more on a local farm, but todays planning committee is a significant step for the project. With more than 18,500 panels, it would surpass the co-ops aim of powering every home in...
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