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Group says Oil Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is Dangerously Polluting the Water
Fracking means using millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals to bust up rock formations that are holding oil & gas. But what if instead of fracking in West or South Texas, drillers did it in the Gulf of Mexico?
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Groups: Suspend fracking to save endangered fish
Two conservation groups say oil and gas leasing and development need to be halted on federal lands in the Upper Colorado River Basin until agencies can take the steps needed to protect endangered fish. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Colorado. Sep 13 2016
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/groups-suspend-fracking-to-save-endangered-fish
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How Close is Too Close to Drill For Oil Near Lake Houston?
Fracking, as it’s known, is the process where large amounts of chemicals, water and sand are forced into a well. Fracking and slant drilling have been used to unlock hydrocarbons trapped in dense, brittle shale plays, a development that ushered in a Texas oil renaissance from the early 2000s on […]
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Fracking measures failed, so why the continued ads?
In the past couple of weeks, a committee opposing two proposed ballot measures to further restrict hydraulic fracturing in Colorado has kept running ads, despite the measures’ failure to reach the November ballot. The group — Protecting Colorado’s Environment, Economy, and Energy Independence — got much of its funding from oil and […]
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Why Oklahoma earthquakes are sending tremors through big shale
There was an earthquake in Oklahoma last week. Not much new in that though. Over the past five years Oklahoma has become one of America’s shakiest states. But the one that shook Pawnee was big. It was 5.8 on the Richter Scale. While no one was hurt and damage to property was […]
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Yes on Z group meets in Salinas
Organizers of “Yes on Measure Z” held a rally and campaign kick-off Saturday, Sept.10, at its office at 521 S. Main St., Salinas. The ballot measure to prevent fracking in Monterey County will be decided at the Nov. 8 election.
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Vote ‘Yes’ on Z to ban fracking in Monterey County
Earthquakes, similar to the big 5.6 that struck Pawnee, Okla., recently and rattled the Midwest from Texas to Nebraska, are among the most frightening by-products that Big Oil doesn’t want the voters to think about.
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Fracking Thanks: Experts Urge US Midwest to Prep for Earthquakes like California
According to reports, odds are high that the quake was triggered by fracking operations in the region, due to the injection of fracking wastewater below the subsurface.
https://sputniknews.com/us/20160910/1045159118/usgs-midwest-fracking-earthquakes.html
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Federal judge blocks new fracking on Central Coast BLM lands
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was preparing to file supplemental court papers later this month, after a federal judge this week blocked any new fracking on BLM land in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and other Central California counties.
http://kcbx.org/post/federal-judge-blocks-new-fracking-central-coast-blm-lands
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Oklahoma sets a new earthquake record as aftershocks jolt residents, researchers and regulators
The quake is the latest in a seismic surge researchers say has largely been fueled by the oil industry practice of pumping waste fluid into underground disposal wells. StateImpact Oklahoma, Oklahoma. Sep 09 2016