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Australia: Fracking ban incites 'fear, concern' about coal seam gas, inquiry told
2015-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Successive Victorian governments have incited "fear and concern" in the community about coal seam gas exploration by imposing a lengthy ban on fracking, a parliamentary inquiry has been told. The Inquiry into Unconventional Gas is considering how to regulate a potential coal seam gas industry in Victoria and whether a statewide ban on the extraction process known as "fracking" should be retained. Energy producers told the inquiry the fracking moratorium, introduced in 2012, should be lifted...
Fracking impact on CO2 cuts 'a myth'
2015-07-22 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: New research suggests that the impact of shale gas on curbing US carbon emissions has been overstated. Politicians have argued that the US was able to significantly reduce CO2 between 2007 and 2013 because of fracking. But scientists now believe an 11% cut in emissions in that period was chiefly due to economic recession. The study suggests that the future impacts of shale as a way of curbing carbon may be limited. Between 2007 and 2013 US emissions of carbon dioxide, mainly from the...
Hillary Dodges Questions on Climate, Keystone and Fracking in Facebook Q&A
2015-07-21 19:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Hillary Clinton fielded questions from voters on Facebook Monday afternoon and many of the queries posed to the Democratic presidential frontrunner centered on environmental issues, including climate change, Keystone XL and fracking. Clinton chose to direct her responses mainly toward economic questions. Nonetheless, the Facebook chat highlights the environmental concerns voters are raising ahead of the 2016 election. My biggest concern is the health of our Planet, wrote Jess Barnett, who according...
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Fracking for shale gas can be safe if strictly monitored, claims UK report
2015-07-17 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
A report published by an independent body funded by oil and gas industry, Task Force on Shale Gas, has claimed that fracking can be safely performed in UK provided there is 'rigorous regulation' in place.
Fracking in UK 'could be safe'
2015-07-15 12:05:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Fracking could potentially be done safely in the UK under "rigorous regulation", but it is too early to say whether it would be "a good idea", a report says.
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