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New York plans prohibit fracking, citing health issues, dubious econ benefits
2014-12-17 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Handing environmentalists a breakthrough victory, New York plans to prohibit fracking for natural gas because of what regulators say are its unexplored health risks and dubious economic benefits. New York, which overlies part of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale formation that has led to a drilling boom in Pennsylvania and other nearby states, has banned shale gas development since 2008, when the state began an environmental review of the drilling technique also known as hydraulic fracturing. Wednesday's...
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CO2 Levels Reach & Maintain 400 PPM - A Dubious Milestone in Human History
2014-06-03 09:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: The World Meteorological Organization reports that, for the first time in human history, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) eclipsed 400 parts-per-million (ppm) in the northern hemisphere for the entire month of April. CO2 concentration vary with the seasons, generally reaching their highest level early in the northern hemispheres spring before seasonal intake of CO2 from vegetation. The first recording of 400 ppm occurred briefly in the spring of 2012 at the National Oceanic and...
John McAfee Makes Dubious Tech Comeback With Chadder Privacy App
2014-05-07 20:19:16| TechNewsWorld
Future Tense Central and Etransfr have debuted Chadder, an app that sends private encrypted messages. The app is one of a growing number of security products built around encryption technology and touted as secure that hit the market following Edward Snowden's massive data dump revealing the extent of the U.S. government's reach into consumers' digital lives.
Pipelines as nation-builders? Historians dubious of railway comparisons
2013-08-18 14:55:25| Energy - Topix.net
To hear some proponents of the Energy East project tell it, when the taps open on the $12-billion oil pipeline the moment will be as significant as when the last spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway almost 128 years ago.
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Pipelines as nation-builders? Historians dubious of railway comparisons
2013-08-17 23:22:58| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
To hear some proponents of the Energy East project tell it, the moment the taps open on the $12-billion oil pipeline will be as significant as when the last spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway almost 128 years ago.
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railway
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