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8-Year Fracking Moratorium Bill Introduced Maryland as Calif Demand Real Climate Action
2015-02-06 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On his way out of office last November, former Maryland Governor Martin OMalley opened the door to allowing fracking in that state, albeit under heavy regulation. That raised concerns that incoming pro-fracking Republican Governor Larry Hogan would dispense with many of the regulations, allowing extraction companies free reign. Yesterday a group of Maryland legislators introduced a bill to head off that possibility. Forty-eight legislators introduced the Protect Our Health and Communities Act...
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Fracking moratorium sought in Maryland
2015-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Baltimore Sun: Regulations that would impose a variety of best practices and safeguards on drilling for shale gas were proposed in the final days of the O'Malley administration, and are out for public comment. The rules were drawn up by the O'Malley administration as an advisory commission he appointed neared the end of a three-year study of fracking's risks. But critics, including some members of the advisory commission, contend the study gave short shrift to health concerns. cComments I wonder where Spam and...
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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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Erie rejects fracking moratorium
2015-01-28 08:44:12| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Bradley Beck, of Erie, holds up a stack of signed petitions from residents opposing a fracking moratorium at a town trustees meeting Tuesday night.
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UK State Environmental Watchdog Calls for Moratorium on Fracking
2015-01-26 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sputnik: Fracking is the process of extracting gas and oil from shale rock by drilling into the earth. "We cannot allow Britain's national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty to be developed into oil and gas fields ... Parliament should protect the rights of citizens by throwing these changes [eased fracking laws] out when they are debated later today,' EAC head Joan Walley, was quoted as saying in a statement published on the parliament's website. According to the report, the proposed infrastructure...
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