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Natural Resources Defense Council
Time For a Full Fracking Ban in the Delaware River Basin
Natural Resources Defense Council
Despite the critical role it plays in the lives of millions of Americans, this unique area has been at risk to fracking for over ten years. While home to bass, spawning shad, trout, and one of the healthiest American eel populations in the country, the ...

Bucks Local News
Newtown Supervisors again pass resolution supporting moratorium on fracking; will also draft social media policy for ...
Bucks Local News
Currently, the Commission is considering whether to prolong, modify or lift its moratorium, which up until now has not had a hard expiration date. According to opponents, if fracking is allowed in the area it would create health, safety and ...

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Fracking waste in NYC drinking water? Officials urge permanent ban
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Liz Krueger (D-Upper East Side) said that the dangers of fracking "have been well established, to the point that New York state has banned the practice outright." She added, "So it makes no sense to allow fracking or fracking waste anywhere near the ...

Food and Water Watch
Saying No to Fracking Seismic Surveys
Food and Water Watch
It is basically a geological MRI. Special vehicles use a vibrating steel plate or 'pad' that is placed on the ground and vibrated to generate a sound or seismic signal. Another means to generate sound vibrations is to drill a 20' to 30' deep “shot hole ...

BBC News
Lancashire PCC calls for £7m fracking policing costs to be repaid ...
BBC News
Lancashire should get back the money spent on policing protests, the police commissioner says.

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90.5 WESA
The Health Risks Of Fracking From A To Z
90.5 WESA
One of them is that fracking is a threat to public health and that no regulations can make it safe. You really don't think that more or different regulations would make fracking safer for the public? How did you come to that conclusion? LD: I agree ...

The Guardian
David Cameron laments 'painfully slow' fracking progress in UK
The Guardian
“Yes, we will do it because there is so much in our national interest, it just may take some time,” he told an audience of oil-refining companies. He said communities would come to accept fracking when drilling wells were up and operating, and proven ...

My Citizens News
Proposed ordinance targets fracking waste | Citizen's News
My Citizens News
PROSPECT — An ordinance that would ban fracking waste is making the rounds across the state. On March 20, Mayor Robert Chatfield presented the Town Council with a proposed ordinance to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, waste from being disposed ...

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New Haven bans fracking
Yale Daily News (blog)
With rising seas and pollution levels threatening the safety of New Haven residents, City Hall is taking measures to combat climate change and the practices that cause it. On March 19, to prevent pollution, the Board of Alders passed an ordinance ...

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AFPM 2018: Former UK PM Cameron remains optimistic for British fracking
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Emulating the US' success in fracking natural gas from shale is necessary for a post-Brexit UK, but challenges remain in the environmental sector, former Prime Minister David Cameron said. “I passionately believe that there is big potential for ...

Medical Xpress
Study: Counties with fracking have increased rates of STIs
Medical Xpress
"Similar patterns have been observed for other migratory labor movements, but the idea that this could be occurring for the current situation of increased hydraulic fracturing in the United States is only beginning to emerge," said senior author Linda ...

Energy News Network
Q&A: Researcher explores the benefits and risks of fracking in new ...
Energy News Network
A Michigan researcher says both sides of the "fracking" debate have misperceptions about the process and its impacts.

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San Antonio Business Journal
Mexico Appears To Sign Gas Fracking Contract With US Company
Chem.Info
Mexico's state-owned oil company has signed what appears to be one of its first big gas fracking contracts with a subsidiary of Texas-based Lewis Energy. The Petroleos Mexicanos company said Monday it would drill and exploit non-conventional gas ...
Pemex awards Lewis Energy contract to test fracking technology in MexicoSan Antonio Business Journal

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AFPM 2018: Former UK PM Cameron remains optimistic for British ...
Platts
Emulating the US' success in fracking natural gas from shale is necessary for a post-Brexit UK, but challenges remain in the environmental sector, former Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday. "I passionately believe that there is big potential for ...

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Kate Guilford: Time for citizen action on fracking
Boulder Daily Camera
Thousands of earthquakes have occurred in Oklahoma and surrounding areas since 2009. This is up from an average of two earthquakes a year from 1978. Scientific studies attribute the rise in earthquakes to the disposal of wastewater produced during oil ...

Food and Water Watch
Florida Deserves Better. And We Can Get There.
Food and Water Watch
75% of Floridians Don't Want Fracking -- And They Banned It Locally. Big Oil has been flooding elected officials with campaign donations to drown out the call for a statewide ban. But over 90 communities, (representing almost 75% of Floridians) passed ...

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Seeking Alpha
What Does The Abundance Of Recent Bearish News Mean For ...
Seeking Alpha
Antero Resources scared the sand fracking market today, but its bearish news has little bite. Unexpected FERC bear news took the MLP sector for a loop, but does.
Antero Resources eyes ways to cut sand costs for frackingReuters
Financial Newsletter - ZacksZacks
Antero Resources Corporation - AR - Stock Price Today - ZacksZacks

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Yale News
Counties with fracking have increased rates of sexually transmitted infections
Yale News
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have discovered that the rates of two major sexually transmitted infections (STIs), gonorrhea and chlamydia, are 21% and 19% higher, respectively, in Ohio counties with high shale gas activity (“fracking ...

Guilford BOS Approves Anti-Fracking Waste Ordinance
Zip06.com
Joining numerous other towns across the state of Connecticut, at a special meeting on March 13, the Guilford Board of Selectmen (BOS) unanimously approved the proposed Hydraulic Fracturing and Extraction Waste Prohibition Ordinance, formally banning ...

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Danbury News Times
Bethel public hearing on fracking ban set
Danbury News Times
BETHEL -- After a push from residents, the town has set a public hearing for a proposed fracking ordinance. Residents had created a petition in favor of a ban that would prevent fracking waste from being used or stored in town. The petition was ...

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