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Bloomberg Backs 'Responsible' Extraction of Gas and Pays to Help Set Up Rules
New York Times
In an op-ed article in The Washington Post on Friday, the mayor came out strongly in favor of natural gas extraction through the controversial drilling process, known as fracking, as a way to lower utility bills, spur economic growth and reduce the ...
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Fracking: Keep it safe and sensible
Charlotte Observer
25, 2012. In Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and even Texas, there is a fundamental debate over “fracking” – the hydraulic fracturing of shale rock that, together with horizontal drilling, unleashes abundant natural gas. Mostly, the loud voices at the ...
The Fracking Truth About Canada's Successful Energy Policy
Daily Beast
Speaking in New Mexico on Thursday, Mitt Romney announced an energy plan that promised energy independence — not for the United States only — but also for Canada and Mexico. “I'm going to establish an energy partnership with Canada and Mexico,” ...
Is fracking coming to Maryland?
Baltimore Sun
Proponents of fracking assured New York crowds at a recent rally that they won't be drilling where they're not wanted. What they really meant is where nobody will see them. Just look at what they did in Ohio and Pennsylvania. I can't imagine they were ...
Bottom of the ninth on fracking New York State, but it's not over
Examiner.com
Ok team. I know; it looks bad. We had the home-town advantage and somehow we blew it. We're trailing far behind. I know that. The other team, heady with imminent victory, is already popping their Champagne corks. Sure, they didn't completely walk all ...
Fracking here would be disastrous
Bloomington Pantagraph
I just read that McLean County is considering changes in rules that may make it easier for companies to drill for oil deposits here. This would potentially pave the way for hydraulic fracturing of shale in our county. Hydraulic fracturing has ...
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Watershed district OKs leases to fracking companies
Marion Star
Drilling companies want to use the water in controversial hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in which millions of gallons of water are pumped underground to break up shale and release gas and oil deposits. The U.S. Geological Survey findings ...
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CBS report on fracking was flawed
Oneonta Daily Star
On Sunday, CBS News' Jeff Glor made a similar assertion, writing that that “New York is close to making a decision about fracking and is expected to roll out guidelines after Labor Day.” Both these statements — and the cascade of reponses that ...
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New York Post
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been an influential voice in the debate over the natural gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing. His opposition to "fracking" near the city's drinking water reservoirs led to a state ban on drilling ...
John Lennon - Yoko Ono To Host Anti-fracking Event In New York
Contactmusic.com
In July (12) the pair formed its own celebrity coalition, Artists Against Fracking, in a bid to persuade Governor Andrew Cuomo to reconsider the practice, and dozens of environmentally-aware stars have already voiced their support, including Lady Gaga ...
NWT politicians keeping eye on ripple effects of shale oil development
Calgary Herald
Yaleleya was part of a Northwest Territories government delegation that visited Calgary last week to hear from regulators and industry about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Fracking involves injecting water, sand and chemicals at high pressure ...
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Strange Bedfellows Agree “Fracking” Can Be Good
D Magazine
But when it comes to “fracking” for natural gas, they do agree. Bloomberg and Mitchell, the Texan who pioneered the horizontal-drilling techniques that have made exploiting the Barnett Shale possible, agreed today in a Washington Post opinion piece ...
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Letter: Don't abandon environmental law
Mercury-Register
Many people think natural gas will fill our future energy needs, but natural gas is often mined byfracking, and the extensive water pollution caused by fracking can be a nightmare. We can not afford to destroy huge quantities of precious water ...
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Frackers want city sewer effluent
The Bandera Bulletin
Alpha Reclaim Technology approached Cardenas earlier in 2012 about the treated water that the city pumps into the Medina River. With the need for water used in the fracking boom south of Bandera County, Alpha will set up storage tanks at the city's ...
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Bloomberg's Fracking Stance May Undercut Climate Reputation
Law360 (subscription)
Bloomberg's Fracking Stance May Undercut Climate Reputation. By Pete Brush. Law360, New York (August 24, 2012, 7:49 PM ET) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg's recent support for the expansion of hydraulic fracturing, voiced even as New York City makes ...
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Cleary Speaking: New lessons as students return to school
Elmira Star-Gazette
At Thursday night's school open houses, my family got a taste of the Elmira City School District's...- 6:29 pm. Letter: Fracking has helped Pa. farmers survive. I'm writing in response to the recent Guest Viewpoint, 'Yogurt industry, fracking don't mix ...
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Baillieu's coal seam gas moratorium does not go far enough
Green Left Weekly
While it is a vindication of the community's concerns about the harmful impacts of coal seam gas mining, today's announcement by the Baillieu Government of a moratorium on coal seam gasfracking is inadequate to protect Victoria from the negative ...
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Utica Shale wells are delivering
Mansfield News Journal
WHERE IS FRACKING TAKING PLACE? Search our map database to see where wells are being drilled in Ohio. Visit MansfieldNews Journal.com/fracking. More. The Utica Shale continues to surprise -- in most cases pleasantly -- the megafirms that flocked to ...
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Distraction from necessary actions
Gisborne Herald
It might surprise Nick Smith that it's not just the Greens, or Greens supporters, that are opposed tofracking. This shameless, and from what I can tell inaccurate, attack on “the Greens” fails to acknowledge the many more non-Green, non-politically ...
Scranton Times-Tribune
Whether it is a power line that will mar the scenic vista and create more air pollution that will impact hikers and limit our view, or a gas line that will not only put a scar through the trail but will encourage more fracking, these projects will ...
Seismic shale survey set in Findley Township
Allied News
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, takes millions of gallons of chemically treated water and sand and injects it into wells to break up shale thousands of feet below the ground and release trapped gas or oil. The controversial process has opponents ...
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Watershed board OKs drilling access
Mansfield News Journal
Bill Baker of Frack Free Ohio helps protest the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District board's decision to approve two lease agreements with fracking companies Friday in Perrysville. / Kaitlin Durbin/News Journal ...
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North American Onshore Oil Production Instigates US Pipeline Boom
The Desert Sun (blog)
This was due to a combination of Mexico's Gulf drilling activity, the oil sands from Canada's Athabasca region, and the shale oil fracking revolution which is currently gathering intensity. Although all expanding oil shipments from Canada had been ...
Blogs
8 new results for fracking
Celebrities Line Up To Fight Fracking | Disinformation
By majestic
The fight over fracking in New York State has gone beyond indie film star Mark Ruffalo to encompass celebrities including Sean and Julian Lennon, Yoko Ono, Anne.
Disinformation
Fracking saving the planet! | Kiwiblog
By David Farrar
Ronald Bailey at Reason blogs: U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions at 20-Year Low Thanks to Fracking In a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide.
Kiwiblog
Fracking the Province: What LNG and Site C Boondoggles Mean for ...
By ape
The proposed Enbridge and Kinder Morgan bitumen pipelines through BC are finally receiving the attention they deserve - as is the much-needed corollary conversation on the Alberta Tar Sands and their true impact on Canada's economic ...
Gorilla Radio blog
Gas Wells Are Not Our Friends: Orion Magazine: The Fracking of ...
By Peacegirl
The latest issue of Orion Magazine is an excellent one. I highly recommend Sandra Steingraber's article, "The Fracking of Rachel Carson." You will see poignant photographs and be treated to Dr. Steingraber's compelling style of expression.
Gas Wells Are Not Our Friends
Ohio Government Confirms Earthquakes Caused by Fracking - AllGov
By noreply@blogger.com (Michele Kearney)
Ohio Government Confirms Earthquakes Caused by Fracking - AllGov. In addition to drinking water contamination, earthquakes can now be added to the harmful consequences of the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, .
Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire
How the decline in CO2 emissions is like NAFTA | MyFDL
By danps
The quality of reporting on fracking in large outlets has been of varying quality. Day-to-day coverage of the latest developments is usually pretty good, but bigger picture trend pieces have a tendency to be positively fawning towards the ...
Firedoglake
The Fracking of Rachel Carson, Sandra Steingraber, Orion - GDACC
By gdacc
Orion Magazine | Audio Slide Show: The Fracking of Rachel Carson.
GDACC
NWT eyeing ripple effects of oil development | The Toronto Post
By Lauren Krugel
Fracking involves injecting water, sand and chemicals at high pressure underground to free oil and gas from rock. The practice has unleashed huge amounts of energy from shale formations throughout North America, but it's also drawn the ire ...
The Toronto Post
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5 new results for fracking
Ohio Government Confirms Earthquakes Caused by Fracking - AllGov
In addition to drinking water contamination, earthquakes can now be added to the harmful consequences of the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, ...
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IEA - August:- Legitimate public concerns over fracking must be ...
“Industry must win public confidence by demonstrating exemplary performance; and governments must ensure that appropriate policies and regulatory regimes ...
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Yogurt industry, fracking don't mix | Press & Sun-Bulletin ...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo rightly held a 'yogurt summit' last week. Greek yogurt — loved by children and nutritionists alike — has become a signature product of ...
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Pic: Fracking bought a little of this road - The Maddow Blog
Cheri Campbell sends this picture from back home in Ormsby, Pennsylvania, part of Keating Township. The sign reads: "This road is being rebuilt, paved and ...
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The Fracking of Rachel Carson | Sandra Steingraber | Orion Magazine
Fifty years ago a book changed the way we think about nature—or did it? Web extra: audio slide show.
Michael Bloomberg weighs in on hydrofracking
Newsday
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been an influential voice in the debate over the natural gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing. His opposition to "fracking" near the city's drinking water reservoirs led to a state ban on drilling ...
LETTER: Nothing like being there to see impact of hydrofracking
Kingston Daily Freeman
LETTER: Nothing like being there to see impact of hydrofracking. Published: Saturday, August 25, 2012. Dear Editor: Exercise our power to protect the quality of life for our children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews and all children who depend on us ...
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1 new result for hydrofracking
A Video of Anti-Hydrofracking Protesters Interrupting Cuomo's Policy ...
A reader passes along a video shot earlier this week at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's “ New Ideas, New ...
www.cityandstateny.com/video-anti-hydrofracking-protesters-...
Fracking is too important to foul up
Washington Post
Michael R. Bloomberg is the mayor of New York and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies. George P. Mitchell pioneered hydraulic fracturing technologies as chief executive of what was then Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. He is chairman of the Cynthia ...
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Government imposes fracking moratorium
ABC Online
The State Government has announced a ban on any further approvals on fracking in new coal seam gas exploration wells. Fracking uses high pressure gas to fracture coals and rock seams deep underground to release natural gas. There is no coal seam gas ...
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Licking County Fracking Advisory Committee begins work
The Newark Advocate
Meeting for the first time Thursday, the Licking County Fracking Advisory Committee set out issues it might explore as it prepares for natural gas and oil drilling in the Utica Shale in this county. Licking County Commissioner Tim Bubb said one of the ...
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What fracking means for landowners
Country Life
The Government's controversial decision to allow wide-scale fracking has concerned many environmentalists. But the reaction from landowners has been more mixed, especially with so much uncertainty surrounding the practical and financial consequences ...
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Is fracking destroying Michigan's environment? A Q&A
Akron Beacon Journal (blog)
... Q&A produced earlier this year by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. We haven't seen a better one-stop shop for basic information as well as the debunking of fracking myths – from flammable water faucets to earthquakes (h/tSteve ...
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Liquid Pulsing: Fracking Alternative?
Discovery News
Those methods include hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, that have been linked to environmental damage and the threat of causing small earthquakes. Now a Canadian firm has developed an alternative that uses underground fluid pressure waves to scrub oil ...
Fracking Bills Fail in California Legislature
KQED
Efforts to regulate the controversial drilling technique failed. AB 972 would have banned hydraulic fracturing - or fracking - until the state puts regulations in place later this year. The practice, where high pressure liquid is injected underground ...
Jackson County Leaders Vote on Fracking
WSIL TV
Fracking opponents say the practice can pollute soil and water, raising health concerns for people and livestock. Board members say they're limited in what they can do. They can't enforce anyfracking regulations without creating zoning laws, an effort ...
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Saugerties Post Star
New Yorkers Against Fracking and its over 150 affiliate groups, 350.org, and many others from across the State will be declaring its commitment to resist fracking. Already over 1300 have signed this pledge-" If Governor Cuomo permits high-volume ...
Hein signs ban on use of fracking wastewater
Mid-Hudson News
NEW PALTZ – Roads maintained by Ulster County will not be treated with brine used from fracking wastewater. County Executive Michael Hein signed legislation Thursday at the county highway garage in New Paltz banning the brine from being used on ...
South Wales Guardian
“Fracking uses over a million gallons of fresh water per well and the advent of this technology across the globe marks a desperate attempt by the energy industries to maintain energy supplies in a world where we are at the limits to growth. “The idea ...
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Victoria halts 'fracking,' coal seam gas exploration
Sydney Morning Herald
Hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking," is a process in which pressurised water, chemicals and sand are pumped undergound to release gas trapped in rock formations, and has been opposed by landowners and environmentalists who say the process ...
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Fracking issue in NC fires up new legal sector
Charlotte Business Journal
North Carolina's new hydraulic fracturing law is prompting lawyers in a variety of specialties to bone up for potential new business. Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is a controversial method of extracting oil or natural gas from ...
Cuomo Gains Fracking Support from Fmr. Energy Sec. Bill Richardson
The Ithaca Independent
New York City — Bill Richardson, former Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and former New Mexico governor, Wednesday provided some cover for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's as-yet-unannounced decision on hydrofracturing. Taking ...
Panel considers applications to use Susquehanna River water in fracking ...
Newsworks.org
The panel that oversees water use in the Susquehanna River Basin is taking comments on the latest round of requests from natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania. The companies are hoping to pull water from the basin for fracking purposes. Guy Alsentzer, a ...
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Weekly Times Now
The reforms this morning include a hold on approvals to undertake hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as part of onshore gas exploration and a hold on the issuing of new exploration licenses for coal seam gas until the upcoming national framework ...
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Farmers praise Vic for banning fracking
Ninemsn
Farmers and environmentalists are united behind Victoria's temporary ban on new coal seam gas exploration but are still pushing for further protections. The state's ban, announced on Friday, will cover all new licences and approvals to use fracking ...
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Fracking moratorium for Victoria
Stock Journal
THE Victorian government is poised today to declare a moratorium on new hydraulic fracturing, orfracking, of coal seam gas (CSG) and other unconventional gas reserves, reports The Australian Financial Review. The move will represent a victory for the ...
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Australia's Victoria state bans coal seam gas "fracking"
Terra.com
Australia's southeastern state of Victoria on Friday put a hold on hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to produce hard-to-reach gas deposits, and a halt on new coal seam gas exploration licenses. The moratorium would remain until a national ...
Fracking no answer, warn Greens
Carbon News
Fracking no answer, warn Greens. Today 10:00am. Coal-seam gas is not the answer to New Zealand's economic woes, the Green Party is warning. Instead, allowing coal-seam gas extraction will put New Zealand's valuable clean green brand at risk, the ...
Australian Mining
The Victorian Government has announced a moratorium on fracking for coal seam gas and unconventional gas reserves. ABC News reports the moratorium will remain in place until national guidelines are established for the onshore industry. The new ...
Shale gas plans may be reopened
The Connexion
Speaking on BFMTV he said the banned hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technique - the only known way to extract the gas (called gaz de schiste) from the rock - had "devastating effects" on the environment and the countryside but if another method was...
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo visits the New York State Fair
Syracuse.com
Rick Woods III, 2, of Syracuse, gives Jim Weiss, of Marathon, (dressed as Mario Cuomo) a high five outside the main entrance to the New York State Fair Thursday, August 23, 2012. Weiss and dozens of others there to protest fracking timed their visit ...
Greens call on Qld to follow Vic's CSG ban
NEWS.com.au
The Victorian government on Friday announced a moratorium on underground hydraulic fracturing - a process known as fracking - for coal seam gas until scientific tests on the safety of the practice are conducted. Fracking involves shooting water and ...
The Atlantic Wire
Michael Bloomberg and George Mitchell in The Washington Post on the importance offracking correctly The conversation around fracking needs to be less extreme because "the production of shale gas through fracking is the most significant development in ...
Victoria bars new coal-seam gas projects
The Australian
The ban on new licences will put a hold on the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which shoots high-pressure chemicals deep into the ground to release natural gas. The process has been attacked by environmentalists, farmers and rural communities.
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Ask Harry: Secret US oil reserve is no safe bet
Philadelphia Inquirer
The articles indicated that it depends upon whether substantial improvements can be made to our present fracking technologies. With all the present concerns about the safety of fracking, that may be a long way off. Third, what will it cost to get the ...
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The Business Review
Fracking. Budget deficits. Rising taxes. Health care reform. Medicaid. Minimum wage increases. Worker's comp regulations. Casino gambling. There are a lot of issues in play this campaign season that will affect how we do business here in New York state.
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Range Wins Appeal in Suit Against Texas Landowners
Bloomberg
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, requires the pumping of water, sand and chemicals underground to release gas. The administration of President Barack Obama has celebrated the economic benefits of increased natural-gas production in the U.S. and the ...
Blogs
13 new results for fracking
Mayor Bloomberg Praises Fracking In New Op-Ed - Business Insider
By Rob Wile
bloomberg fracking. ... WNYC reports the governor's environmental officials are expected to reveal their plans for limited fracking in New York communities after Labor Day. "The latest research, including peer-reviewed studies out of Carnegie ...
Business Insider
Friday fracking video | BlueNC
By scharrison
Friday fracking video. Submitted by scharrison on Thu, 08/23/2012 - 7:57pm. Fracking · groundwater contamination · hydraulic fracturing · Natural Gas drilling · NC GOP · NCGA · Republican idiocy · [View] ...
BlueNC - Where North Carolina...
WHILE a decision on the issue of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for shale gas in the Karoo basin could be made by the cabinet in the next two weeks, anti-fracking lobby group Treasure Karoo Action Group (TKAG) said it would continue to ...
The Herald Breaking News Feed
Mayor Bloomberg cuts $6M 'fracking' check | SierraActivist
By E2-Wire
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave an environmental group $6 million on Friday to spur development of natural gas drilling regulations and safety practices. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) was awarded the three-year ...
SierraActivist
Strong Conclusions About Fracking | Washington Clean Technology ...
By Tom Ranken
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has some surprisingly strong statements aboutfracking: It is not true that fracking causes.
Washington Clean Technology Alliance
Onion Spoof Video Says Not to Worry about All That Fracking - Blippitt
By Chris Monty
The Onion wants you to know that you don't have to be afraid of fracking. There is a ton of natural gas hidden in the nooks and crannies of planet Earth.
Blippitt
Damon, Krasinski & Van Sant's Fracking Drama 'Promised Land ...
By Anne Thompson & Sophia Savage
Focus Features will release Matt Damon and John Krasinski's anti-fracking movie "Promised Land," which the pair co-wrote and star in together, in NY and LA theaters December 28 for an Oscar-qualifying run, followed by a January 2013 ...
Thompson on Hollywood
Shale Gas Info: What is Shale? What is Fracking? What Does Its ...
By Editor
dominated energy mix and sustainable renewables. It's cheap, abundant, and the cleanest fossil fuel in the world. In fact, at today's consumption rates, estimated US natural gas resources could be used to supply domestic electricity generation ...
munKNEE.com
Fracking moratorium for Victoria - National Rural News ...
THE Victorian government is poised today to declare a moratorium on new hydraulic fracturing, orfracking, of coal seam gas (CSG) and other unconventional gas reserves.
Queensland Country Life - Front Page
Putting A Muzzle On “Fraccidents” | TFW – The Free Weekly
By Terrah Baker
For those who assume that complaints are unfounded or that there is more smoke than fire, they probably have not heard about the industry's broad use of nondisclosure agreements. Frackingaccidents are typically hidden by a veil of secrecy.
TFW - The Free Weekly
NDP calls for fracking review in Alta as NB eyes moratorium - EcoLog
By EcoLog
Of the 4,000 fracking applications submitted by industry in Alberta, not one has ever been rejected. But now, Alberta's New Decomcrats are calling out the stat and demanding a provincial review of the hydraulic fracking process.
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Urgent: Protect our air from huge new fracked gas power plant - Blog
By Iris Marie Bloom
Please comment quickly online at the links below today. Speak up now, before Pennsylvania Department of Everything Permitted (PA DEP) issues air quality permits for a huge source of air pollution in Bradford County – a natural gas power ...
Protecting Our Waters
How Will Fracking Affect Your Property Value - Recent Business News
By admin
Homeowners and landowners living in fracking hotspots should know how a gas lease can impact their property value â ” and their mortgage. Fracking, o...
Recent Business News
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3 new results for fracking
EPA Finally Supplies Drinking Water to Pennsylvania Fracking Victims
In yet another case of drinking water contamination in areas where energy companies have engaged in the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, ...
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Baldwin writes: "Then there are those who believe that fracking is actually the energy industry's most recent opportunity to do to Americans what these ...
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Anti-fracking forum held in Cobleskill - YNN, Your News Now
The state is expected to release a decision soon that could allow hydrofracking in New York. Those against drilling are making their opposition loud and clear.
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