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US offshore fracking: damning documents?
2015-09-17 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Having long fought against the practice of offshore fracking being carried out in California, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) recently succeeded in forcing two federal government agencies to reveal emails and documents detailing the regulat
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Over 300 UKs most important wildlife sites at risk from fracking
2015-09-16 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The RSPB has warned that over 300 of the UKs most important wildlife sites are at risk from fracking after completing a full analysis of the areas of land that Government have offered to energy companies to explore for oil and gas. The analysis showed that 303 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) have been included in the 159 oil and gas licences that the Government have offered to energy companies to date. An SSSI is a conservation designation given to a protected area in the UK, often...
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Water demand from fracking less than 1% U.S. total: study
2015-09-15 21:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fracking by the U.S. oil and gas industry has increased the burden on the nation's water resources, but still accounts for less than 1 percent of America's total industrial water use, according to a paper by researchers at Duke University published on Tuesday. The controversial extraction method consumed roughly 48 billion gallons of water per year from 2012 to 2014, according to the study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters, roughly the same amount that flows over...
Fracking Boom Bursts in Face of Low Oil Prices
2015-09-15 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The oil cartel, OPEC, has confirmed what has been obvious to many for months: U.S. shale production is in deep, deep trouble as the fracking boom bursts in the face of low oil prices. The cartel published its latest monthly oil market report yesterday revealing that it believes it is winning the price war it started with the U.S. shale industry. The report is seen as a must-read for people within the oil industry. In North America, there are signs that U.S. production has started to respond...
Leaked Letters Show U.K. Supports Bid by Fossil Fuel Firms to Scrap E.U. Fracking Rules
2015-09-10 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK government has added its weight to a behind-the-scenes lobbying drive by oil and gas firms including BP, Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil to persuade EU leaders to scrap a series of environmental safety measures for fracking, according to leaked letters seen by the Guardian. The deregulatory push against safety measures, which could include the monitoring of on-site methane leaks and capture of gases and volatile compounds that might otherwise be vented, appears to go against assurances from...
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