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Oklahoma is latest state to prevent local fracking bans
2015-05-30 03:24:06| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Oklahoma cities and counties would no longer be able to ban hydraulic fracturing - a process commonly called fracking - or other oil and gas operations within their boundaries under a bill signed into law on Friday by Gov. Mary Fallin. Pushed hard by the oil and gas industry, but fiercely opposed by municipalities and environmental groups, the bill specifically prohibits cities or towns from banning operations such as drilling, fracking, water disposal, recovery operations or pipeline infrastructure.
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How You Can Help Prevent an Arctic Nightmare
2015-05-14 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: I had a terrible nightmare: President Mitt Romney approved Shell Oil`s drilling plans for the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska. He did it even though his own Department of the Interior calculated that the odds of a large oil spill were 75 percent. He did it even though no proven method exists to respond to such a spill. He did it even though indigenous Alaskan culture has centered on traditional harvests of marine resources for thousands of years. He did it even though all known, extractable Arctic...
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Prevent Rust Formation in Pipes
2015-05-06 14:30:00| Chemical Processing
Electronic water treatment transforms existing red rust and speeds scale removal
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NTSB issues recommendations to prevent wrong airport landing events
2015-05-06 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued two safety recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prevent aircraft from landing at wrong airports.
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Report: Global emissions goals still arent enough prevent dangerous warming
2015-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: When it comes to combating climate change, many scientists and policy makers focus on one major goal: cut carbon emissions enough to keep the planets average surface temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above its pre-industrial level. But a new analysis, published on Monday by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, said were still falling short of the mark. For years, the 2-degree target has been touted by experts as a kind of climate threshold:...
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