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Immediate moratorium on fracking in England because of tremor risk
Immediate moratorium on fracking in England because of tremor risk Gooseneck at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site, 5 August 2019. Photo: Ros Wills After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry. The UK government has issued an immediate moratorium in […]
Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio
Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio For the first time since 2013, a group of activists in Youngstown, Ohio, has been told it cannot place an anti-fracking initiative on local ballots, due in part to a misinformation campaign from the fossil fuel industry. On October 6, the Ohio Supreme […]
Mendacity, Duplicity and Scaremongering
Mendacity, Duplicity and Scaremongering In this post I depart somewhat from our usual format to cover three stories from last week that have a common theme of underlying chaos in and manipulation of energy policy. I begin with veteran SNP politician Jim Sillars (now aged 80) who in a letter to the Scottish Daily Mail […]
Scotland To Permanently Ban Fracking
Scotland To Permanently Ban Fracking The Scottish government said on Tuesday that it wants to extend a current moratorium on fracking into a permanent full ban, with a final vote likely taking place at the Scottish Parliament later this year. “I can confirm that the decision of the Scottish Government is that we will not […]
Battle to Keep Florida Frack-Free Heats Up
Battle to Keep Florida Frack-Free Heats Up The battle to keep Florida frack-free is intensifying ahead of the 2016 state legislative session. Fracking became an issue last year after Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) revealed that the Dan A. Hughes Co. had fracked the Collier-Hogan well in Naples, despite regulators telling it not to until the agency had […]
New York State Ban On Fracking Made Official
New York State Ban On Fracking Made Official “After years of exhaustive research and examination of the science and facts, prohibiting high-volume hydraulic fracturing is the only reasonable alternative.” Those were the words many activists in New York never expected to hear from Joe Martens, head of the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, but they were […]
Breaking: No Action Taken on a Proposal to Repeal Denton, Texas Fracking Ban
Breaking: No Action Taken on a Proposal to Repeal Denton, Texas Fracking Ban Denton’s city council decided not to vote on a repeal of the city’s fracking ban, after almost six hours of discussion on the topic at a public meeting last night. The vote to repeal the ban was called for shortly after Texas Governor Greg […]
Health professionals call: ban fracking for five years
Health professionals call: ban fracking for five years Medact, the organization of health professionals for a safer, fairer and better world, has called for a five year moratorium on fracking due to its serious hazards to public health, writes Paul Mobbs. Their new report is a powerful challenge to government policy that cannot be ignored. […]
Fracking set to be banned from 40% of England’s shale areas
Fracking set to be banned from 40% of England’s shale areas Guardian analysis reveals new rules agreed by government will make huge swath of protected areas off limits for shale gas exploration Fracking is set to be banned on two-fifths of the land in England being offered for shale gas exploration by the government, according […]
As New York Bans Fracking, Calls for Moratorium in Pennsylvania Grow Stronger | DeSmogBlog
As New York Bans Fracking, Calls for Moratorium in Pennsylvania Grow Stronger | DeSmogBlog. This week, New York Governor Cuomo announced that his state would ban fracking, due in large part to concerns about impacts on public health. But right across the border in Pennsylvania, one of the fastest-moving shale booms in the country still proceeds […]
New York fracking ban reverberates nationally | Al Jazeera America
New York fracking ban reverberates nationally | Al Jazeera America. NEW YORK — The news took even the most seasoned environmental activists by surprise: after years of review, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that New York State would ban hydraulic fracturing. “I can barely contain myself,” said Nadia Steinzor, the eastern coordinator for national non-profit Earthworks. “Even […]
New York Governor Cuomo Does Saudi Bidding, Bans Fracking In NY State | Zero Hedge
New York Governor Cuomo Does Saudi Bidding, Bans Fracking In NY State | Zero Hedge. Having missed the entire shale boom, and with heavily-indebted shale companies now scrambling to boost liquidity or else face bankruptcy if crude prices remain at current levels, moments ago New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday his administration would prohibit […]
Fracking Ban Ballot Initiatives Intensify » EcoWatch
Fracking Ban Ballot Initiatives Intensify » EcoWatch. County ballot issues to ban fracking could have a large impact outside those counties. And the campaign money being spent on both sides—but primarily by big energy companies—shows how much is at stake. The oilfields of Kern County, California, are already seeing a fracking boom. Nearby San Benito and Santa […]
