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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “hydraulic fracturing”

 

• Plans to export US natural gas stir debate

  
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• Anti-Fracking Banner Dropped in Illinois State Capitol During Debate

  
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  A banner unfurled during fracking hearings in the Illinois state capitol rotunda, May 8, 2013 For Immediate Release: May 8, 2013 Contact: Josh Trost 312-343-8259 risingtide.chi@gmail.com Springfield, IL– To the cheers and applause of the dozens of supporters below, anti-fracking activists unfurled a two-story ...
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• Contractor fatally injured at BHP Billitons shale operations

  
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  On Sunday a contractor was fatally injured while working at BHP Billitons Eagle Ford shale operations in south Texas. The name of the worker was not released nor were the circumstances that led to the injury. BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) says operations were stopped while an investigation was conducted. Eagle Ford is a ...
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• Chips And Salsa With The Shale Gas Guru

  
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  Nick Grealy is one of the leading advocates of shale gas in Europe. As well as being the publisher of the site No Hot Air , Nick consults on the impact of shale gas, and has appeared in front of UK Parliamentary Committees and on such shows as BBC’s Newsnight to discuss the topic. Nick is very passionate, ...
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• To power Mexico forward, Peña Nieto looks to energy reform

  
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  MEXICO CITY — It has been 75 years since President Lázaro Cárdenas seized the country’s foreign-dominated petroleum industry and placed every drop of oil under the everlasting domain of the Mexican people. Read full article >>        
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• New Studies Reinforce Positive Impact of Safe Natural Gas Development

  
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  Straightforward, fact-based evidence continues to mount in support of clean-burning American natural gas, which is Powering an American Renaissance . As the Associated Press reports today, the “recent dramatic discoveries of vast U.S. oil and gas reserves are helping to lift the American economy out its long ...
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• Fracking threatens to escalate the West’s water wars

  
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  from Grist One of fracking’s few but feverishly touted upsides is that the natural-gas boom it’s spurred could help America move toward energy independence; it’s a crucial piece of Obama’s “all-of-the-above” energy strategy. But in building up our fuel supply, fracking threatens our supply of another ...
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• Coal and Gas Fight Over Electric Generation Market

  
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  The tide may be turning somewhat for coal and natural gas generation with coal regaining some of the market that it lost in 2012 due to low natural gas prices. Natural gas prices delivered to the electric power sector averaged …
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• Shale oil boom helps local banks

  
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  The fracking revolution is having a ripple effect throughout the U.S. economy. That applies to both the natural gas boom in states like Ohio and the oil gas boom in North Dakota. BusinessWeek notes the impact the oil boom is having on local banks. In his office on the second floor of a glass-encased building on ...
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• Challenges for shale gas in China

  
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  The shale gas fracking boom in the United States has been a game-changer for the US economy and energy needs. Now other countries are looking to exploit this potential in their own country, and the potential in China is huge. That said, there are also many challenges to making this a reality in China. In China ...
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• Oil Shale Development in the United States and Abroad

  
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  We all know of the shale oil boom in the United States that has produced an explosion in domestic oil production primarily on private and state lands and helped to decrease our dependence on oil imports. Hydraulic fracturing and directional …
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• 35 Arrested Protesting “Frac(king) Sand” Mining

  
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  A frac sand mine. The forested area on the slope is the original habitat. From Winona (MN) Daily News, by way of the Earth First! Newswire : Thirty-five people were arrested for trespassing during a large protest against frac sand Monday morning staged at two separate locations in Winona. The Winona Police ...
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• Fracking may threaten UK climate targets and may not cut costs – MP report

  
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  by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Reacting to a new report published on Friday, April 26, 2013 by the Energy and Climate Change Committee on the impact of shale gas on energy markets, Friends of the Earth Energy Campaigner Tony Bosworth said: “This report does little to back the case for a UK shale gas revolution. ...
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• USGS Releases New Oil and Gas Assessment for Bakken and Three Forks Formations

  
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  The United States Geological Survey (USGS) today released an updated oil and gas resource assessment for the Bakken Formation and a new assessment for the Three Forks Formation in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
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• Take Action: Fracking Boom Threatens Health of National...

  
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  Take Action: Fracking Boom Threatens Health of National Parks The rapid increase of the oil and gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is outpacing our understanding of how massive concentrations of oil and gas wells impact surrounding lands. Without safeguards, the boom in ...
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• Fearless Summer: Week (and Season!) of Action Against Extraction

  
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  Fearless Summer has called for a week of action against the fossil fuel and extreme energy industries June 24-29. Visit the site for more info, to  register your action or to find out about planned actions. Also, check out their action calendar for the entire summer.
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• Friday fracking video

  
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• Fracked Oil Heading For Washington Port

  
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  Because if there’s one thing the recent spills and derailments have convinced us of, it’s that we want more oil by rail, right? From Earthfix : The Port of Vancouver in southwest Washington could start handling crude oil from North Dakota under an agreement announced Monday. Spokeswoman Theresa Wagner says ...
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• Say NO to Fracking In The Talladega National Forest

  
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  This is a story that refuses to go away.  The  U.S. Bureau of Land Management  plans to hold an open house on Thursday April 25th from 5-8 pm at the Gateway Park Lodge in Montgomery.  Notice this is being held in Montgomery, nowhere near the Talladega National Forest .  If officials really cared, ...
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• Europe Faces Challenges in Effort to Embrace Shale Gas

  
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  Unsuccessful attempts at extraction, along with wary citizens and officials, have stymied the use of shale gas on the Continent.        
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