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Canada: Did Alberta Just Break Fracking Earthquake World Record?
2015-01-29 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tyee: Hydraulic fracturing, a technology used to crack open difficult oil and gas formations, appears to have set off a swarm of earthquakes near Fox Creek, Alberta, including a record-breaking tremor with a felt magnitude of 4.4 last week. That would likely make it the largest felt earthquake ever caused by fracking, a development that experts swore couldn't happen a few years ago. Fracking operations in British Columbia's Montney shale generated similar seismic activity of that magnitude last year,...
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Is fracking viable at current prices?
2015-01-29 03:45:33| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Is fracking viable at current prices?
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Scotland announces moratorium fracking for shale gas
2015-01-28 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Scottish government has announced a moratorium on all planning consents for unconventional oil and gas extraction, including fracking. Welcomed by campaigners as a very big nail in the coffin for the unconventional gas and fracking industry in Scotland, energy minister Fergus Ewing told the Scottish parliament on Wednesday afternoon that the moratorium would allow time for the government to launch a full public consultation on the controversial drilling technique, and to commission a full...
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United Kingdom: 10 things need to know about fracking
2015-01-28 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Fracking has barely been out of the news this week and every day brings further dissent to the controversial technique of breaking up shale rock from under our feet to release gas at high pressure with a cocktail of chemicals. Public opposition and concerns about local impacts have meant there has been no fracking in Britain since a temporary ban was lifted in 2012. Today Scotland has announced a moratorium on fracking, while Lancashire Council - where proposals for fracking are at their most...
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Scottish fracking block announced
2015-01-28 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The Scottish government has announced a block on planned fracking operations, pending further inquiries. Ministers will carry out new work on the environmental and health implications of the controversial gas drilling technique. Full control over fracking is due to be devolved to Scotland after May's general election. In the meantime, consent for unconventional oil and gas developments will be refused on planning grounds. The announcement by Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing came...
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