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Plastic bag ban proposed for Saskatchewan

2014-11-19 02:57:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines

A proposed ban on plastic bags in Saskatchewan is garnering national attention.

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Germany Govn't Reiterates Its Ban on Fracking

2014-11-18 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Germany said on Monday it has no plans to lift a ban on fracking, following a report in news magazine Der Spiegel that it was considering lowering the hurdles for shale gas extraction to allow test drilling. At present, Germany only plans to allow fracking below a depth of 3,000 metes (yards), to ensure that there is no danger to ground water supplies. Der Spiegel had reported that this depth boundary would be scrapped. While denying the report, a spokeswoman for the Environment Ministry did...

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Monsanto, Dow To Challenge Maui County's Ban Of GM Crops

2014-11-17 14:13:14| Chemicals - Topix.net

MONSANTO, DOW TO CHALLENGE MAUI COUNTY'S BAN OF GM CROPS Nov. 17, 2014 Agri-Pulse reports: Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences say they will challenge an initiative passed by voters in Hawaii's Maui County that places a moratorium on growing genetically modified crops. The companies farm more than 3,500 acres in the county, which includes the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molakai, and employ more than 600 people there.

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Democracy at Its Best: Boulder County Extends Fracking Ban

2014-11-14 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The time is always right to do the right thing. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I sat in the hearing room of the Boulder County Commissioner yesterday I witnessed citizen-led democracy in action. In a unanimous vote, three Boulder Colorado County Commissioners voted to extend the moratorium on oil and gas drilling in the county for the next three-and-a-half years. The three Democratic party women not only voted against fracking until July 1, 2018, they did so with strong language and gusto as...

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Industry Responds to Denton, Texas Fracking Ban

2014-11-12 20:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: This may be the shortest blog Ive ever written. On Election Day, voters in a number of cities and counties voted on whether to severely restrict or ban oil and gas developmentthe oil industry poured millions of dollars in an effort to avoid these restrictions. In Richmond, California Chevron spent $3 million to gain control of the city council; this overreach backfired and Chevrons slate was trounced. In San Benito County, $2 million wasnt enough to stop a ban on fracking and other intensive...

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