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Fight Over Proposed Federal Fracking Rules Flares Up
2013-08-23 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: A voluminous file of public comments shows how high the stakes are for President Barack Obama's Interior Department as it prepares to decide the fate of proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands. Mr. Obama, who has said he supports greater production of natural gas along with environmental protections, is navigating between industry groups that oppose any federal regulation of fracking and some environmental groups that want to ban the practice. The Bureau of Land Management, part...
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United Kingdom: Gas flares scare? It was a fracking joke says Tory minster as he tries to laugh off drill gaffe
2013-08-04 18:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mirror: Bungling Michael Fallon yesterday desperately back-pedalled after seeming to admit fracking will blight peaceful communities claiming that his comments were meant as a joke. The Energy Minister, who backs controversial plans to drill for shale gas, had presented a gloomy vision of gas flares and disruption across the South East commuter belt. He suggested even the most vocal supporters would be tested if it came to their own back yards. Telling how a shale bed with potentially massive...