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Feds OK fracking off the California coast

2016-06-01 15:08:49| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Los Angeles Times: An environmental assessment from two federal agencies has determined that fracking off the coast of California has no significant impact, lifting a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing that was instituted earlier this year. "The comprehensive analysis shows that these practices, conducted according to permit requirements, have minimal impact," Abigail Ross Hopper, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, said Friday in a statement. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...

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California Back in Big Oil's Crosshairs as Feds Quietly OK Offshore Fracking

2016-05-29 06:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Common Dreams: Two federal agencies on Friday quietly finalized two reports, set for release next week, that found offshore fracking in California poses no "significant" risk to the environment--paving the way for oil and gas companies to resume the controversial extraction method in the Santa Barbara Channel and imperiling the region's wildlife in the process, opponents said. The announcement Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (OEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...

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Feds expect more Atlantic tropical storms than last 3 years

2016-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: U.S. government forecasters expect a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season, after three relatively slow years. But they also say climate conditions that influence storm development are making it difficult to predict how many hurricanes and tropical storms will arise over the next six months. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations outlook Friday called for a near-normal season with 10 to 16 named storms, with four to eight hurricanes and one to four major ones with winds reaching...

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Fossil fuel darling Ted Cruz demands the feds stop investigating Exxon

2016-05-27 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: He`s baaaack! Just a few weeks after Ted Cruz tucked his three-pronged tail between his legs and headed back to D.C., the Texas senator and one-time presidential hopeful has gone right back to advocating for his real constituents in Congress: Big Oil. The Guardian reports that Cruz, along with four other senators, has demanded that the Department of Justice cease any investigation into whether oil companies lied to the public about climate change. Exxon, which wasn`t specifically mentioned...

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