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100 Canadian, US scientists call oilsands moratorium
2015-06-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: A group of 100 leading Canadian and U.S. scientists has issued an urgent call for a moratorium on new oilsands development and listed 10 reasons why no more projects should be permitted. "I believe we have a duty to speak up," said Mark Jaccard, an energy economist at B.C.'s Simon Fraser University who spent more than a year drafting a letter to make sure it was scientifically sound. Jaccard was a co-author of a 2014 essay in a scientific journal that made a similar argument. But the current letter,...
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Never Say Never: Maryland Fracking Moratorium Becomes Law
2015-05-29 21:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Youll never get a fracking moratorium through the Maryland Legislature was the common refrain I heard as we at Food & Water Watch joined with more than 100 groups from throughout the state to work on preventing fracking in Maryland. But we didnt let that stop us. And today, thanks to the tireless efforts of business owners, health professionals, activists and countless concerned Maryland residents, we proved those naysayers wrong. Today, a two and a half year fracking moratorium became law...
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Indonesia Extends Major Logging Moratorium, Critics Decry as Weak
2015-05-15 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Indonesia has extended a major logging moratorium aimed at preserving the archipelago's vast swathes of tropical rainforest, but environmentalists say the logging ban does not go nearly far enough. The country, home to some of the world's most biodiverse rain forests and endangered species such as tigers and elephants, first enacted the moratorium in 2011, banning new logging permits for primary and virgin forests and peatlands. The moratorium was first extended until 2015, and now has been extended...
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Legal Petition Urges Gov. Brown To Impose Emergency Fracking Moratorium After Oil Waste Illegally Dumped Into California Aquifers
2015-03-04 04:44:32| oilandgasonline News Articles
After California officials admitted allowing the oil industry to illegally inject wastewater into protected aquifers via disposal wells, more than 150 environmental and community groups filed a legalpetitionrecently urging Gov. Jerry Brown to use his emergency powers to place a moratorium on fracking and other well stimulation techniques.
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Call for wider fracking moratorium in Scotland
2015-02-22 07:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: AN alliance of community and environmental groups has called for the Scottish Government`s moratorium on fracking to be extended to cover underground coal gasification. Almost 30 organisations and individuals, including residents associations, academics, Friends of the Earth and Unison Scotland, have made the plea in a letter to energy minister Fergus Ewing. Campaigners welcomed the moratorium on unconventional oil and gas developments announced by Mr Ewing last month but say it does not go...
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