Tag: fracking
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While New Brunswick Fracking Protests Continue, Neighboring Newfoundland Enacts Moratorium
By Andy Rowell As First Nations continue to fight fracking in New Brunswick, the neighboring provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador has halted the controversial drilling technique. The government is arguing that more research is needed to see if it is safe for both people and the environment. [caption id="attachment_311187" align="alignnone" width="500"] Gros Morne National…
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While New Brunswick Fracking Protests Continue, Neighboring Newfoundland Enacts Moratorium
By Andy Rowell As First Nations continue to fight fracking in New Brunswick, the neighboring provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador has halted the controversial drilling technique. The government is arguing that more research is needed to see if it is safe for both people and the environment. [caption id="attachment_311187" align="alignnone" width="500"] Gros Morne National…
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Huge Election Victories for Colorado’s Anti-Fracking Movement
Yesterday’s election brought huge results for anti-fracking voters in Fort Collins, Boulder and Lafayette where all measures were approved that will either ban or pause the practice of hydraulic fracturing. Initial results show Broomfield with a tally so close—13 votes—that it will force a recount. “With wins in Boulder, Lafayette and Fort Collins—and a partial-victory in Broomfield—this…
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As Fracking Expands in California, Water Board Refuses to Regulate Toxic Waste Disposal
As fracking threatens to expand drilling in California, a coalition of environmental justice and community health groups sent a letter yesterday challenging the legality of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board’s plan to keep letting oil companies dump toxic drilling-mud waste throughout the valley with minimal safeguards. Citing state environmental laws, the letter urges…
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Coast Guard Proposes Policy to Transport Radioactive Fracking Wastewater by Barge
By Emily DeMarco The U.S. Coast Guard, which regulates the country’s waterways, will allow shale gas companies to ship fracking wastewater on the nation’s rivers and lakes under a proposed policy published Wednesday. [caption id="attachment_310892" align="alignnone" width="500"] Industry officials say barges are the safest, and cheapest, way to move fracking wastewater, but a spill would…