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Frackers are chewing up Pennsylvanias forests
2013-10-01 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Frackers dont just foul the air and the water they trample nature and carve up ecosystems into inadequate little pieces. Thats the message coming out of the U.S. Geological Survey, which studied aerial photographs of a handful of Pennsylvania counties where gas companies are using hydraulic fracturing to tap deposits in the Marcellus Shale. The surveys analysis revealed sweeping damage and forests fragmented by new well pads, roads, and pipelines. Jason Bell, a member of Marcellus Outreach...
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Corbett Administration Ignoring Pennsylvania's Climate Change Law
2013-07-19 00:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Corbett Administration has failed to produce a pair of legally required reports about climate change, and the governor is reluctant to publicly discuss the topic. Despite widespread scientific agreement about the risks of climate change, the issue has become highly politicized. After President Obama recently announced his plans to tackle global warming, Governor Corbett called the proposal a war on coal and jobs. While the Corbett administration is critical of federal action on the issue,...
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