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Denver Business Journal (blog)
May 24, 2013
Of the 70 people who signed up to speak at a town hall meeting, the majority asked the city council for a moratorium to give Broomfield time to study the potential environmental and health impacts from fracking. The drilling method uses water and ...
Longmont Daily Times-Call
May 24, 2013
We get the CEOs and principals of fracking companies and oil and gas drilling companies to drink fracking fluid. That will change their mind.
News 10NBC
May 24, 2013
Andrew Cuomo says he'll make a decision on whether to allow
shale gas
fracking in New York before the 2014
election. Cuomo says he's waiting for his state health commissioner, Dr.
The Daily Camera
May 24, 2013
We are simply aghast at the decision of Boulder County commissioners Cindy Domenico, Deb Gardner and Elise Jones to end the moratorium on fracking in Boulder County. We understand they perhaps fear a lawsuit if they continue the ban on fracking.
NJ Today
May 24, 2013
A coalition of environmental groups held a press conference on the State House steps today to kick off their campaign for the override of the
fracking waste ban bill before the legislature breaks for the summer. Jeff Tittel, Director of the
New Jersey ...
The Hill (blog)
May 24, 2013
Mall said that while the chemicals used in fracking have not shown up in groundwater supplies, there are many communities that have documented changes to water after fracking. She said that means too little is known about fracking to let it occur ...
The Advocate
May 24, 2013
In
Louisiana,
fracking is being used for the natural gas producing
Haynesville Shale area in northwestern Louisiana and the Tuscaloosa Marine
shale that stretches across the middle part of the state and contains what is called Louisiana Light Sweet ...
Bloomington Pantagraph
May 24, 2013
The
Illinois legislature could vote at any time on the controversial bill to regulate
fracking in
Illinois, SB 1715. It is true that the
Sierra Club and other environmental groups had input on this bill.
Washington Post
May 24, 2013
The 2-year-old website, formed by industry and intergovernmental groups, has drawn increased scrutiny following a draft
fracking rule issued last week by the
Interior Department. The federal proposal would rely on FracFocus to track the chemicals used ...
Gawker
May 24, 2013
If there are two things
Germans have traditionally loved, it's purity and beer. Now, according to a German brewers association, both are at risk because of a potential law that would legalize
fracking in the country. A 500-year-old beer purity law ...
Businessweek
May 24, 2013
In
Colorado, communities have made the most direct challenges to
fracking, which injects a mixture of water, sand and chemicals underground to break apart
shale rock formations so oil and gas can flow to the surface.
NPR
May 24, 2013
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National Geographic
May 23, 2013
Proposed standards that the U.S. Department of Interior announced last week for hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) on federal and Indian lands are hugely important, especially in the arid West where water is gold.
statepolitics.lohudblogs (blog)
May 23, 2013
Specifically, the mainline Senate Democrats support a bill that passed the Assembly earlier this year, which would prohibit fracking in New York until May 15, 2015. It's similar to a bill introduced by Sen. David Carlucci, D-Clarkstown, Rockland County ...
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
May 23, 2013
For my part, I plan to focus on the need to address a number of shortcomings in federal protections from the risks of fracking. At the top of that list is ending oil and gas industry exemptions in some of our nation's most basic, protective ...
The Hill (blog)
May 23, 2013
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Energy: Senate spotlight on natural gas '
fracking'. By Ben Geman and Zack Colman - 05/22/13 06:28 PM ET. Tweet.
Westword (blog)
May 23, 2013
Both men will be in Boulder tonight at the same time to present documentaries that claim to expose the truth about using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in natural gas drilling. But the events are scheduled in different venues, and undecided ...
Albany Times Union
May 23, 2013
In his recent column, Fred LeBrun suggests that an appellate court ruling affirming New York localities' ability to ban drilling and
fracking makes it easy for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to approve
shale gas drilling statewide ("Frack ruling is far from the ...
Motley Fool
May 23, 2013
Being the largest provider of hydraulic fracturing services in the world means that
Halliburton's (
nyse: HAL ) actions resonate throughout the
energy industry.
Denver Business Journal (blog)
May 23, 2013
Better known as fracking, the process uses water, sand and chemicals to crack underground rock formations to allow oil and natural gas to flow into a well.
WXXI News
May 23, 2013
Governor Cuomo, who still has not issued a decision on whether hydro fracking should be allowed in New York, is backing further away from the controversial gas drilling process in his economic development plans for the future.
MarketWatch (blog)
May 23, 2013
fracking uses a high-pressure mixture of water, sand, and chemicals to blast apart layers of oil and gas-bearing rocks, such as
shale, to release hydrocarbons trapped within them.
Knoxville News Sentinel
May 23, 2013
Under his motion, TDEC would have considered requiring companies to publicly disclose all chemicals they use, to conduct periodic testing of water
wells within a mile of
fracking sites and to mandate that companies file plans for dealing with leftover ...
Daily Camera
May 23, 2013
Some speakers raised concerns with chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the practice of injecting water, sand and chemicals into the ground to unlock natural gas deposits trapped in subterranean pockets of rock.
Huffington Post
May 23, 2013
Before environmental
lobbyists and legislators push a hydraulic
fracking bill through the
Illinois legislature, they need to sit down with
farmers in Clinton County and learn how well regulations defended their water,
farms and cankered lives from the ...
Daily Camera
May 22, 2013
BROOMFIELD -- Residents at a town hall meeting asked the City Council to enact a moratorium on fracking to examine potential health and environmental impacts.
Washington Post
May 22, 2013
Truth-Out
May 21, 2013
As part of its 171-page document of rules, the U.S.
Bureau Of Land Management (BLM), part of the U.S. Dept. of Interior (DOI), revealed it will adopt the American Legislative Exchange Council (
ALEC) model bill written by
ExxonMobil for
fracking ...
StateImpact Pennsylvania
May 21, 2013
Pooley says EDF works with grassroots groups at the state level, and does not claim to be the voice of the anti-fracking movement.
ThinkProgress
May 21, 2013
DeSmogBlog notes that the
Bureau Of Land Management's recently-released rules governing
fracking on federal lands "will adopt the American Legislative Exchange Council (
ALEC) model bill written by
ExxonMobil for
fracking chemical fluid disclosure on ...
Chicago Tribune
May 21, 2013
It includes footage of homeowners living near
fracking wells who can light gases coming out of water taps and groundwater on fire and follows those homeowners in their attempts to fight the oil and gas industries.
Chicago Tribune
May 21, 2013
In anticipation of
fracking, which uses pressurized sand, water and chemicals to crack layers of rock that trap oil and gas beneath the ground, thousands of landowners in southern
Illinois have sold drilling rights for $50 to $350 per acre, plus a ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
May 21, 2013
euronews
May 21, 2013
fracking has taken place in some
European countries such as
Poland. It involves pumping water, sand and chemicals at intense pressure to break up rock patterns and release
shale gas.
Citizens Voice
May 21, 2013
Finding conclusive evidence of contaminated groundwater from oil and gas drilling broadly, and fracking-influenced fluids in particular, is a complicated task.
San Antonio Express
May 21, 2013
BNSF, U.S. Silica open
fracking sand facility. David Hendrick, Express-News
Copyright 2013 Express-News. All rights reserved.
Daily Camera
May 21, 2013
As you know, fracking toxins are secret, because -- curiously -- the companies are permitted to inject them under our properties and leak them into our air while refusing to say what they are.
Pittsburgh Business Times (blog)
May 21, 2013
If many
wells need to be fracked, there's a
market for recycled flowback and produced water. If not, the water still has to go somewhere, he reasoned.
The Southern
May 21, 2013
Mears said the state will ultimately determine when
fracking will come to Johnson, and other Southern
Illinois counties, but the board wanted to be on the record opposing operations - at least for the time being.
Chicago Tribune
May 21, 2013
Normal was the second stop for the film that premiered last month at the Tribeca film festival in New York. It features footage of homeowners living near
fracking wells who can to light the water coming from their tap and groundwater on fire and ...
NBCNews.com (blog)
May 21, 2013
The state draws water from the
Missouri river and aquifers for its hydraulic fracturing, the process also known as
fracking and the key that has unlocked America's abundant
shale deposits. The process is water-intensive and requires more than 2 million ...
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
May 21, 2013
Bradley's most recent version includes language that would require public bidding for road repairs related to
fracking operations and a
tax break for well owners who use
Illinois construction
workers for at least 50 percent of the total workforce hours ...
De Smog Blog (blog)
May 21, 2013
On May 16, the Obama
Interior Department announced its long-awaited rules governing hydraulic fracturing ("
fracking") on federal lands.
Huffington Post
May 21, 2013
Mark Cuban's AXS TV has announced it will air the controversial "pro-fracking" documentary FrackNation the night after HBO premieres Gasland 2, Josh Fox's sequel to the Oscar-nominated anti-fracking documentary Gasland. FrackNation explores the ...
NOLA.com
May 21, 2013
The explosive expansion of drilling of natural gas and oil
wells in
shale deposits in
the United States and
Canada using a directional drilling method dubbed "
fracking" may have spawned a $30 billion per year expansion of the waste disposal business ...
Christian Science Monitor
May 21, 2013
The U.S.
Energy Department last week said it gave conditional authority for a facility in
Texas to eventually export liquefied natural gas.
The Coloradoan
May 21, 2013
Council members also are scheduled to consider an amendment to an operating agreement with Prospect
Energy that would allow it to continue using hydraulic fracturing, or
fracking, within the city. The council passed a citywide ban on the practice in ...
Grand Forks Herald
May 21, 2013
This suggests that the U.S. government's proposed rules for fracking on federal land have landed smack in the middle. And all things considered, that's a pretty good place to be.
