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Anti-Fracking Group Pressures Pennsylvania Governor Candidates For Moratorium Commitments
2014-04-16 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: From filmmakers to grassroots advocates, excitement is bubbling for primary election day in Pennsylvania. That`s because a campaign called Pa. Voters Against Fracking just might force the fracking moratorium they have wanted for so long in a state where business is booming, but people of all ages are suffering from the toxic effects. The campaign, which was announced Wednesday by Food & Water Watch, was designed to place pressure on Democratic gubernatorial candidates to publicly declare that...
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Proposal for California Fracking Moratorium Advances in State Senate
2014-04-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: A bill that would place a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in oil drilling in California was approved by a state Senate panel on Tuesday. The measure was passed by a bare majority of five votes by the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee after some Democrats abstained and Chairwoman Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) provided a courtesy vote to keep the issue alive for more discussions that could end up changing the bill. Fracking involves pumping water and chemicals...
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Maine Town Planning Board Votes to Extend Tar Sands Moratorium
2014-04-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forecaster: The South Portland Planning Board on Tuesday endorsed a 180-day extension of the moratorium on tar sands developments, which is set to expire May 5. The board approved the extension 4-0, with Rob Schreiber and Erick Giles absent. The City Council sent the extension to the board after it approved a first reading March 17. The extension now goes back to the council on April 23 for a second and final reading. The city has been under the tar sands moratorium retroactively since last fall. For the...
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California Legislature Debates Fracking Moratorium
2014-04-09 08:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPBS: Most hydraulic fracturing in California is done to extract to oil in areas like this field in Kern County. A California senate committee has moved a bill forward that would place a moratorium on fracking. The move comes less than a year after the passage of legislation that regulates the oil-extraction process. Senate Bill 4 put several fracking regulations in place for the oil industry. SB4 also requires a study analyzing the health and safety risks of fracking. At the committee hearing, oil...
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Ben Ganje Says End of New Construction Moratorium Is Right Move For Minneapolis Real Estate Market
2014-04-06 22:06:39| Real Estate - Topix.net
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA, April 4, 2014 / EINPresswire.com / -- Ben Ganje + Partners, a Minneapolis real estate team specializing in the Downtown and Minneapolis Lakes area, says that the City Council's scheduled end of the teardown and new construction moratorium is a win-win for homeowners, the City, and the local real estate market.
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