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Fracking jobs claims overstated, argue environmental group
2015-01-20 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A new report from environmental group Friends of the Earth argues that the fracking industrys claims about job creation are overstated and calls for investment to support renewables instead. The report, which is supported by PCS Union and North West trade councils, places doubt on claims around the amount of long-term jobs the UK fracking industry could create. Energy firm Cuadrilla has previously said fracking could create 1,700 jobs in Lancashire within the first year. However, Friends of the...
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What the UK could learn from New York's fracking ban
2015-01-19 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Just before Christmas, New York became the first US state with major shale gas reserves to ban fracking for health reasons. The industry was shocked, campaigners cheered and governments like Britain, desperate to exploit their own reserves, looked the other way. It had never happened before. The six-year New York campaign to ban fracking had been backed by hundreds of artists, actors, musicians and celebrities, such as Lady Gaga, Yoko Ono, Mark Ruffalo and the late Pete Seeger. There had also...
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United Kingdom: A county divided: is Lancashire ready for its fracking revolution?
2015-01-17 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Robert Sanderson, a strapping dairy farmer, is standing in his muddy yard. He is in tears. Sandersons family and his Lancashire farm have, thanks to geological chance, ended up on the frontline of fracking in the UK. Ive never wanted to do anything but farm, says Sanderson, part of the third generation of his family to farm near Kirkham. All my young lad dreams about is farming. Last night he said to me, When I grow up I want to have the biggest tractor in the world. How can they just take...
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New York fracking ban has Pennsylvania implications
2015-01-16 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times-Tribune: SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomos administration finalizes a ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing, New Yorkers will watch their southern neighbor continue its experiment with shale gas. New York has been under a fracking moratorium since 2008, and people on both sides of the shale gas debate see the states Dec. 17 announcement as a milestone in Pennsylvanias experience with the gas drilling industry. It could have implications for the Delaware River Basin Commission, a multi-state...
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Energy firm given fracking permits
2015-01-16 16:31:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Environment Agency grants energy firm Cuadrilla permits to frack at one of its sites in Lancashire.
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