Tag: fracking
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Ohio Legislation Introduced to Ban Fracking Waste Injection Wells
FOOD & WATER WATCH — “Community groups have been working with state legislators on ways to address the problems associated with fracking injection wells, and we’re thrilled to see this legislation introduced …
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Three Fracking Moratorium Bills Win Key Vote in California Legislature
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY — Three bills that would halt fracking in California won key votes Monday night, passing the Assembly Natural Resources Committee despite intense pressure from the oil industry …
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Iowa: Fracking Industry’s Next Frac-Sand Target
DESMOGBLOG — The rolling hills of northeastern Iowa’s Allamakee County defy the state’s stereotypical flat-land geography, and local residents boast of the serene beauty and rich geological history. Yet those same bluffs also play host to robust reservoirs of frac-sand …
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First County in U.S. Bans Oil and Gas Extraction
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — Monday the County Commission of Mora County became the first county in the U.S. to pass an ordinance banning all oil and gas extraction …
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Shrouded in Secrecy: Industry Buries Fracking’s True Dangers
ECOWATCH — Wilber, author of the 2012 book Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale, said the natural gas industry is different than almost every other type of industry in terms of the exemptions and the nondisclosure agreements under which it operates. All of this secrecy …