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No Longer Willing to be Bullied and Fracked, How One Pennsylvania Town Fought Back
2015-11-05 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RINF: In defiance of a corporate lawsuit over a proposed fracking wastewater injection well, the citizens of Grant Township, Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening adopted the countrys first municipal charter establishing a local bill of rightsa document which codifies environmental and democratic rights, and bans such drilling activity as a violation of that pact. The people of Grant Township spoke loud and clear: They have rights, and they will protect those rights, said Chad Nicholson of the Community...
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For want of a nail: How hardware hijinks fracked my AMD Radeon R9 Fury testing
2015-07-14 22:30:32| Extremetech
A touching tale of hardware evaluation and shenanigans surrounding it. Hopefully this saves someone else some hurt.
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Though Fracked Again, Denton Says Fight Isn't Over
2015-06-02 15:43:20| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Seven months after a rag-tag group of local activists scored a surprising victory over the state's powerful oil and gas industry when Denton voted to ban hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas company Monday resumed operations under a state law passed to overturn Denton's ban.
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Vermont Governor Who Banned Fracking Supports Fracked Gas Pipeline
2014-10-29 20:48:10| Paper - Topix.net
Despite Vermont becoming the first state in the U.S. to ban the practice of fracking more than two years ago , Vermonters are, to this day, willfully risking arrest to stop more fracking infrastructure from coming into their state. On Monday, 64 Vermonters were arrested at Governor Peter Shumlin's office in protest of a new fracked gas pipeline proposal - the largest civil disobedience action the state has seen since the Winooski 44's protest of the Iran-Contra scandal in 1984.
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Under pressure, Texas install air monitor in heavily fracked county
2014-10-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Backed by results of a recent air-quality study, mounting pressure from local officials, news reports and the simmering discontent of residents, Texas regulators have decided to install an air monitor in the heart of the Eagle Ford Shale. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will install the air monitor in Karnes County, the epicenter of one of the fastest-growing drilling regions in the nation. More than 10,000 oil and gas wells have been sunk in the region since 2008, and residents...
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