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"Quite A Radical Policy": Manchester Bans Fracking In Victory for U.K. Activists
In a move that could have repercussions on the fracking industry nationwide, Manchester in northwest England has announced that it is effectively banning the practice.
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Lawmakers From Both Parties Move to Ban Fracking in Florida
The bill would place a permanent ban on "advanced well stimulation techniques" for producing oil and gas, including fracking and acidizing, across the state.
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New Yale Study Confrims Fracking Linked to Cancer-Causing Chemicals
An expansive new analysis by Yale School of Public Health researchers confirms that numerous carcinogens involved in the controversial practice of fracking have potential to contaminate air and water in nearby communities.
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After Landmark Ruling Allows Fracking In Lancashire, U.K. Gears for Direct Action Protests
“We’ve exhausted every democratic process available to us – the petitions, the planning objections, the lobbying of MPs, the public meetings," said Tina Rothery, who predicts a new wave of direct actions will follow.
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Colorado Supreme Court Blocks Local Bans on Fracking, Handing Gift to Big Oil
The state's highest court on Monday halted cities' efforts to limit oil and gas development near people, ruling state power to promote industry trumps local bans, which the court deemed "invalid and unenforceable."
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Act Out! [47] - Digging deep into the methane leak, show up against TPP & feel-good stories
This week – Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen's energy program is gonna give you all the nasty details on the methane leak in California – the backstory, present putrid mess and what's next.
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Foreign Fracking Company Quietly Buys Rights To Botswana Conservation Park
Top park officials were not informed of the fracking rights sale at Kgalagadi transfrontier park, borderin South Africa, are now worried about the impact of drilling on rare wildlife.
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Our Small Texas Town Banned Fracking — Then Big Oil Stepped In to Change the Laws
Known as HB 40, the rule pushed by oil and gas companies declares the state of Texas can preempt any health or safety regulations written by local governments if the industry doesn't deem them “commercially reasonable.”
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New York Bans Fracking In Landmark Decision
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet agreed Wednesday to prohibit the widely used gas-drilling technique in the state, citing health issues and dubious economic benefits.
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UK's Chief Scientist Compares Fracking Risks to Thalidomide, Asbestos, Lead and Tobacco
Historic innovations that have been adopted too hastily with grave unforeseen impacts provide cautionary examples for the potential side effects of fracking.
