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Construction Week: Mexico State Utility Bids $9.8B In Energy Work; SNC-Lavalin Lands Bridge Job

2015-06-24 20:12:08| ENR.com: Headline News

Canada Bridge Contract Award To SNC-Lavalin, ACS Finalized

U.S. Judge Temporarily Blocks New Fracking Rules on Public Lands

2015-06-24 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A U.S. judge in Wyoming on Tuesday granted a request by four states and several energy industry groups to temporarily stop new federal rules on hydraulic fracturing on public lands from taking effect on Wednesday. The Interior Department rules would require companies to provide data on chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and to take steps to prevent leakage from oil and gas wells on federally owned land. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl granted a stay to the new rules until...

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Canada's tar sands aren't just oil fields. They're sacred lands for my people

2015-06-23 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: For years, concerned members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) in Canada, like myself, have voiced concerns about the impacts caused by oil sand exploitation. The vast majority of our community resides downstream from large scale oil sands surface mining and has seen first hand the complex impacts this industry has. Now, over 100 renowned scientists and academics have echoed our concerns about oil sands in a call for a moratorium on expansion, which is being taken seriously by the...

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California Golf Trip Lands Obama in a Water-Use Debate

2015-06-22 00:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: With four fund-raisers and an awkward reconciliation with the House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, behind him, President Obama returned to a beloved golf oasis here for a weekend getaway with friends. This time, though, was different. A punishing drought has raised questions about whether such oases can survive, and about the presidents weekend here. The vast emerald green courses in the area are watered by a disappearing Colorado River and an underground aquifer that has fallen about 55 feet...

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