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Anti-fracking demonstrators disrupt, delay Boulder County oil and gas hearing - Denver Post
Dec 5th 2012, 00:29


Anti-fracking demonstrators disrupt, delay Boulder County oil and gas hearing
Denver Post
Jill Sowell of Louisville, left, Mandi Papich, Lafayette, and Bob Ross, Louisville, stand outside the Boulder County Courthouse where the commissioners are holding a hearing on the oil and gas issues in Boulder on Tuesday. (JESSICA CUNEO). BOULDER ...

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Iran's subtle, persistent voice for environmentalism - Los Angeles Times
Dec 5th 2012, 00:15


Iran's subtle, persistent voice for environmentalism
Los Angeles Times
TEHRAN — His son is named after the river born where the Tigris and Euphrates meet. His wife once complained that he loved a rare species of yellow deer more than her. His realm runs from sprawling salt deserts to the snowcapped peaks of the Zagros ...

Blue Energy makes £150m green energy investment pledge - Manchester Evening News
Dec 5th 2012, 00:13


Al-Bawaba

Blue Energy makes £150m green energy investment pledge
Manchester Evening News
The firm behind Africa's largest solar power project hopes to treble the amount it invests in green energy developments to £150m next year. Blue Energy was founded in 2010 by Chris Dean and Mark Healey and currently employs 13 at its headquarters in ...
Middle East to lap up renewable energy Al-Bawaba
C'tee moves renewable energy from wind to solar Jerusalem Post
Africa's largest solar power plant to be built in Ghana The Guardian
GreenAnswers  - Energy Efficiency News  - Click Green
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SA oil and gas company Santos to make 100 people redundant in new year, but ... - The Australian
Dec 4th 2012, 23:58


The Australian Financial Review

SA oil and gas company Santos to make 100 people redundant in new year, but ...
The Australian
Santos Moomba gas plant. Source: AdelaideNow. SANTOS will spend $3.3 billion upgrading its Cooper Basin and create about 500 new jobs, the oil and gas company says. However, about 100 people were made redundant yesterday because the company ...
Santos cuts 100 jobs in SA TheBull.com.au
Santos to shed 100 staff ABC Online

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Coal protesters rally in Helena before heading to Spokane - Helena Independent Record
Dec 4th 2012, 23:50


Snohomish County Tribune

Coal protesters rally in Helena before heading to Spokane
Helena Independent Record
About 25 people gathered at the steps of the state capitol in Helena Tuesday morning as part of the on-going battle to halt coal exports to China from the Powder River Basin in southeast Montana. The group was on its way from Billings to an Army Corps ...
MT coal protesters rally in Helena en route to Spokane KPAX-TV
Coal Train Hearing Today At Spokane County Fairgrounds KHQ Right Now
Montanans protest coal exports in front of Capitol Beartooth NBC
Northwest Cable News  - Snohomish County Tribune  - KAJ18 Kalispell Montana News
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Worthington Energy Reports First Sales of Oil and Gas from I-1 Well - Sacramento Bee
Dec 4th 2012, 23:27


Worthington Energy Reports First Sales of Oil and Gas from I-1 Well
Sacramento Bee
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Worthington Energy, Inc. (WGAS:OTCQB) ("Worthington" or the "Company"), an energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and drilling of oil and natural gas properties, is pleased ...

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Oil and gas sector: advisor assures E&P companies full cooperation - Business Recorder (blog)
Dec 4th 2012, 23:07


Oil and gas sector: advisor assures E&P companies full cooperation
Business Recorder (blog)
The government of Pakistan has assured the exploration and production companies working in the oil and gas sector of full cooperation. Prime Minister's Advisor on Petroleum and Natural Resources, Dr Asim Hussain while addressing the inaugural session ...

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Coal Prices to Stay Low Until China Inventories Fall - Businessweek
Dec 4th 2012, 23:06


Coal Prices to Stay Low Until China Inventories Fall
Businessweek
Global coal prices have little upside until China's stockpiles of the fuel begin to ease in the second half of 2013, according to IHS McCloskey. The world's largest consumer and producer of coal created a glut as its economy slowed while more ...

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Coal Industry Stock Review - December 2012 - Industry Outlook - NASDAQ
Dec 4th 2012, 23:02


DesignBuild Source

Coal Industry Stock Review - December 2012 - Industry Outlook
NASDAQ
Coal is burned as fuel or gasified to create a synthetic gas (syngas) that can then be used as feedstock for the production of chemicals, fertilizer and electric power. Coal is also used for producing heat through combustion. The U.S., Russia ...
Global coal-buying binge could dent emissions progress Fortune
Economics Favor Natural Gas Even as Coal Burn Rebounds POWER magazine
Coal shares rise on prospects of renewed demand next year – ACI, ANR, BTU ... Mesh Press (press release)

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James River Coal Credit Rating Cut by Moody's After Prices Fall - Bloomberg
Dec 4th 2012, 22:53


James River Coal Credit Rating Cut by Moody's After Prices Fall
Bloomberg
Prices and demand for U.S. coal used by domestic power stations have declined during the past two years after some utilities switched to using natural gas, which traded at a decade-low in April as production increased from shale rock. Coal demand was ...

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Renewable Energy Trade Board: A Micro Cap Chinese Solar Company Set To ... - Seeking Alpha
Dec 4th 2012, 22:32


Your Industry News

Renewable Energy Trade Board: A Micro Cap Chinese Solar Company Set To ...
Seeking Alpha
Renewable Energy Trade Board Corporation (EBOD), a fast growing clean energy group in China which provides solar energy products and solutions to the global market under the "LSP" brand, looks set to shine with renewed growth in the Chinese solar ...
JA Solar and Yingli Green Energy Shares Surge on Strong Demand for Solar ... Melodika.net (press release)

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Obama urged by environmental groups to take on climate change in next term - The Guardian
Dec 4th 2012, 22:05


The Guardian

Obama urged by environmental groups to take on climate change in next term
The Guardian
Campaigners handed Barack Obama a climate change to-do list for his second term on Tuesday, in an attempt to push the White House to live up to its environmental promises. Environmental groups are urging Obama to view his re-election, and renewed ...
Report ranks Canada 3rd on planet for 'sustainable energy' TheTyee.ca (blog)
Study: Carbon dioxide emissions worldwide up again, 2-degree limit to global ... mysask.com (press release)
World is way off course for CO2 reduction targets Planet Earth

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Money worries outrank climate concerns - The Australian
Dec 4th 2012, 21:54


Money worries outrank climate concerns
The Australian
In 2012, the environment plummeted to number six on the list of young people's concerns, coming behind the second-placed issue of population (27.6 per cent), then alcohol and drugs (21.8 per cent), politics and societal values (20.6 per cent), equity ...
Economy weighs on young minds Sydney Morning Herald
Survey shows teens stressed over family finances ABC Online
Money stress outranks climate for youth Adelaide Now

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NextEra Closes Kansas Wind Unit Buy - Analyst Blog - NASDAQ
Dec 4th 2012, 21:43


NextEra Closes Kansas Wind Unit Buy - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
NextEra Energy Resources LLC, a business arm of utility major NextEra Energy Inc. ( NEE ), announced the completion of the acquisition of Cimarron I Wind Energy Center from CPV Renewable Energy Company, a subsidiary of Competitive Power Ventures ...

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Youth Vote on Education and Environment - Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
Dec 4th 2012, 21:40


Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)

Youth Vote on Education and Environment
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
Two of the most important issues for us this election were affordable education and a better environment. These two issues are deeply intertwined. More and more colleges and universities are offering environmental studies as a major, and students are ...

ENCOA Offers Green Renewable Energy Alternative To Pennsylvanians - Sacramento Bee
Dec 4th 2012, 21:29


ENCOA Offers Green Renewable Energy Alternative To Pennsylvanians
Sacramento Bee
HOUSTON, Dec. 4, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Across Pennsylvania, people are progressively becoming more environmentally conscious and aware of how their lifestyle choices can impact the planet. Green Pennsylvanians will be pleased to discover that ...

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Reminder: US carbon emissions down by 2 percent, largely due to fracking - Hot Air
Dec 4th 2012, 21:26


Reminder: US carbon emissions down by 2 percent, largely due to fracking
Hot Air
We also learned from MIT researchers that despite the claims of some opponents of the technology, greenhouse gas emissions from hydraulic fracturing wells are only a fraction more than those from conventional natural gas wells. Francis O'Sullivan, one ...
MIT: Methane Released During Shale Gas Retrieval Less Than Expected National Review Online (blog)

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Oil and Gas: Who's Buying in 2013? - Motley Fool
Dec 4th 2012, 21:10


Oil and Gas: Who's Buying in 2013?
Motley Fool
The oil and gas boom in North America set off a wildcatting-style rush to claim lands in the new oil and gas fields. Many companies wanted a piece of the pie, and it looks like much of the premium real estate has been claimed. Now the only way for a ...

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Ontario opens door for more renewable energy - Toronto Star
Dec 4th 2012, 21:09


Toronto Star

Ontario opens door for more renewable energy
Toronto Star
He did so Tuesday, after announcing that the province will proceed with another 200 megawatts of small scale renewable energy projects under the feed-in tariff program that triggered the trade complaint. The trade ruling, which takes aim at the ...
Solar industry urged to push back against nuclear 'attack' Add to ... Globe and Mail

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Lawmakers should renew green energy tax credits - Seacoastonline.com
Dec 4th 2012, 21:07


Daily Caller

Lawmakers should renew green energy tax credits
Seacoastonline.com
New Hampshire's dependence on fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, is unsustainable. These fuel sources also contribute to local pollution, which poses a threat to both public health and valued wildlife. New Hampshire must turn toward energy alternatives.
Renewable energy 2012: A year of transition Fierce Energy
7 Myths About the Wind Production Tax Credit Heritage.org (blog)

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Asia coal export boom brings no bonus for US taxpayers - NBCNews.com (blog)
Dec 4th 2012, 21:00


NBCNews.com (blog)

Asia coal export boom brings no bonus for US taxpayers
NBCNews.com (blog)
By valuing coal at low domestic prices rather than the much higher price fetched overseas, coal producers can dodge the larger royalty payout when mining federal land. The practice stands to pad the bottom line for the mining sector if Asian exports ...
US coal expansion risks 'white elephants' The Australian Financial Review
US tax loopholes driving up coal exports to Asia chinadialogue

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Coal exports add fuel to climate disaster - The Age
Dec 4th 2012, 20:41


The Age

Coal exports add fuel to climate disaster
The Age
Last year we exported about 300 million tonnes of coal. When burned, that produces more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide - double our domestic production. Yet there is bipartisan agreement to pour public funds into infrastructure to increase our ...
Climate Crisis: The Rich Will Take Back More Than They Loaned To The Poor Just International

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RPT-Tighter regulation pushes miners to cut thermal coal exposure - Reuters
Dec 4th 2012, 20:22


ThinkProgress

RPT-Tighter regulation pushes miners to cut thermal coal exposure
Reuters
Coal use to slow as new regulation is introduced. * Tighter regulation adds to low coal production margins. By John McGarrity. LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Major mining companies are reducing their exposure to thermal coal as declining reserves, weak ...
World's Largest Mining Firm: 'In A Carbon Constrained World, Coal Is Going To ... ThinkProgress
Climate Impact Prompts BHP to Cap Spending on Energy-Coal Assets Businessweek
World's largest miner spooked by climate change Register
Australian Mining
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India's Coal Illusion - Huffington Post
Dec 4th 2012, 20:10


IBNLive

India's Coal Illusion
Huffington Post
The biggest untold story in the world is now out in the open. Despite warnings from the World Bank about the dangers of unchecked climate change the coal industry has a global pipeline of nearly 1,200 plants planned, 2/3 of which are in India and China.
Government to set up independent coal regulator IBNLive
Coal Goal Indian Express
CIL has to pay reserve price for 116 coal blocks: Govt Moneycontrol.com
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly  - Economic Times  - Hindu Business Line
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Global Survey Turns Focus on the Environment - Huffington Post
Dec 4th 2012, 20:01


Global Survey Turns Focus on the Environment
Huffington Post
"Children," offered Desmond Tutu, "have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things." That wisdom is the foundation for our annual survey of children around the world. The third annual Small Voices, Big Dreams survey polled more than 6 ...

Synchrotron gives insight into green energy enzymes
Dec 4th 2012, 19:59

Chemists have been using a Japanese synchrotron to get a detailed look at enzymes that could help power the green economy.

Arch CEO bullish on demand for Wyo. coal - State Journal
Dec 4th 2012, 19:43


CTV News

Arch CEO bullish on demand for Wyo. coal
State Journal
AMBER HUNT, Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Weakening demand for coal has prompted Canadian Pacific Railway Co. to mothball plans to extend its Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad network into. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Weakening ...
Canadian Pacific wants to sell track to coal country Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
DM&E axes coal shipping project [The Free Press, Mankato, Minn.] Equities.com
Coal expansion plans deferred Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Businessweek  - Edmonton Journal  - Financial Times
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UCLA environmental researchers release citywide plan, call on candidates to ... - UC Los Angeles
Dec 4th 2012, 18:59


UCLA environmental researchers release citywide plan, call on candidates to ...
UC Los Angeles
Environmental experts at UCLA, frustrated by years of Los Angeles making piecemeal progress or announcing 20-year proposals that could be undone by a new political regime, have created a citywide environmental sustainability plan that local leaders can ...

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Oil and gas lobbying dominates in Ottawa, dwarfs other industries: study - CanadianBusiness.com
Dec 4th 2012, 17:56


Globe and Mail

Oil and gas lobbying dominates in Ottawa, dwarfs other industries: study
CanadianBusiness.com
OTTAWA - Heavy lobbying by the oil and gas industry has far outstripped any other interest group seeking to influence the Harper government over the last four years, according to a new study that examined the lobbyist registry. The left-leaning Polaris ...
(Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail /Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail) Globe and Mail

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Quebec's Marois appoints new environment minister in minor cabinet shuffle - Globe and Mail
Dec 4th 2012, 17:17


Globe and Mail

Quebec's Marois appoints new environment minister in minor cabinet shuffle
Globe and Mail
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois appointed party whip Yves-François Blanchet as the new environment minister, a position held until last week by Daniel Breton, who resigned after allegations of unpaid rent and employment-insurance fraud. With his more ...
'Goon' named Quebec's environment minister TheChronicleHerald.ca
Marois shuffles PQ cabinet to fill environment minister's post CTV News
Premier Pauline Marois shuffles her cabinet in Quebec City Montreal Gazette
660 News  - CBC.ca
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Green Energy: Are investments and incentives in specific green tech companies ... - Boston.com (blog)
Dec 4th 2012, 16:45


Green Energy: Are investments and incentives in specific green tech companies ...
Boston.com (blog)
There's been plenty of discussion about the green energy industry and its potential for creating new, sustainable jobs. But the truth of the matter is the industry is still in its early stages, and the real potential of green energy is yet to be ...
Green Button: One year later Intelligent Utility

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Green energy industry warns Chancellor against 'dash for gas' - Solar Power Portal
Dec 4th 2012, 16:17


Solar Power Portal

Green energy industry warns Chancellor against 'dash for gas'
Solar Power Portal
Media reports ahead of tomorrow's statement have worried the Renewable Energy Association (REA), which is calling on government to ensure that gas fired power generation complements, not competes with achieving 30% of electricity from renewable ...
Osbourne's dash for gas may lead to 40 new power stations: Chancellor ... Daily Mail
Osborne to back fracking and 30 new gas power stations Spectator.co.uk (blog)
Focus on gas plants angers green lobby Financial Times
The Guardian (blog)
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Salazar issues potash, oil and gas plan in NM - Businessweek
Dec 4th 2012, 15:42


KOB.com

Salazar issues potash, oil and gas plan in NM
Businessweek
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued an order Monday aimed at ending a decades-long fight over development of oil and natural gas in an area that makes up the nation's greatest potash reserve. Under the new order, "drilling ...
DOI to Facilitate N.M. Oil, Gas, Potash Development Rigzone

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Coal of Africa Matches Record Low on Strike Action: Johannesburg - Businessweek
Dec 4th 2012, 15:32


Coal of Africa Matches Record Low on Strike Action: Johannesburg
Businessweek
Coal of Africa Ltd. dropped to a joint record low after workers started an illegal strike at its Mooiplaats operations in South Africa, the second walkout at the plant in less than two months. Perth, Australia-based Coal of Africa fell 7.1 percent to 1 ...
SA: Coal of Africa hit by strike Financial Times (blog)
NUM members down tools at CoAL's Mooiplaats mine Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Coal of Africa falls following strike at Mooiplaats mine ShareCast
Stock Market Wire
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Global markets to drive 2013 oil and gas spending -Barclays - Reuters
Dec 4th 2012, 15:31


Global markets to drive 2013 oil and gas spending -Barclays
Reuters
While budgets will grow 9 percent in international markets to $460 billion, North America spending will "take a breather" after years of growth and be roughly flat in 2013, Barclays found after surveying more than 300 oil and gas companies. Companies ...

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Chemical fight offers early look at Obama's second-term EPA - Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog (blog)
Dec 4th 2012, 15:04


Chemical fight offers early look at Obama's second-term EPA
Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog (blog)
In an op-ed in today's Washington Examiner, I explain how the second Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency will seek to use sound bites, rather than sound science, to pursue an agenda of more excessive and more costly regulation.

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Environment Minister to give global climate talks a miss - Business Standard
Dec 4th 2012, 14:40


Times of India

Environment Minister to give global climate talks a miss
Business Standard
With the Parliament debate on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail keeping the government on toes, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan will give the global climate talks at Doha a miss. The minister is likely to stay in India to ...
Doha climate talks: Jayanthi Natarajan not to lead climate negotiations Times of India
Scaling up the climate response ABC Local

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Race Is On to Clean Up Hydraulic Fracturing - New York Times
Dec 4th 2012, 14:39


Race Is On to Clean Up Hydraulic Fracturing
New York Times
By ERICA GIES. Published: December 4, 2012. PARIS — Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has raised fears around the world that the procedure needed to coax shale oil and gas out of tightly packed rock could cause pollution damaging to human health.

US Hydraulic Fracturing Market Oversupplied by 4.2 Million Horsepower by Year ... - Sacramento Bee
Dec 4th 2012, 14:36


US Hydraulic Fracturing Market Oversupplied by 4.2 Million Horsepower by Year ...
Sacramento Bee
HOUSTON, Dec. 4, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- PacWest Consulting Partners has just published the latest release of its PumpingIQ report, which monitors the global hydraulic fracturing market. PacWest analysis concludes that the gap between aggregate US ...

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UM: Environmental Art - The Ann Arbor Chronicle
Dec 4th 2012, 14:34


UM: Environmental Art
The Ann Arbor Chronicle
The Great Lakes Echo has published an interview with Sara Adlerstein González, an artist and ecosystem scientist at the University of Michigan whose artwork is on display through December at UM's School of Natural Resources & Environment. "I don't want ...

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Oklahoma oil and gas drilling - Tulsa World
Dec 4th 2012, 08:30


Oklahoma oil and gas drilling
Tulsa World
Creek: Waelder Oil and Gas Inc., Fisher No. 15-2 Well, NE/4 NE/4 SW/4 NW/4 of 15-14N-10E, TD 3,350 feet. Creek: Berexco LLC, Powell No. C31 SWD Well, NE/4 SW/4 SW/4 SE/4 of 17-18N-07E, TD 3,900 feet. Creek: Berexco LLC, Powell No. B30 Well ...

As Niger Gets Set to Become Oil and Gas Producing State - AllAfrica.com
Dec 4th 2012, 06:30


As Niger Gets Set to Become Oil and Gas Producing State
AllAfrica.com
When the Niger State government recently took the risky path of funding the search for oil and gas in the Bida Basin, the administration of Governor Mua'zu Babangida Aliyu must have had at the back of its mind that the regime will be open to criticism ...

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NY Gov. Cuomo files extension on hydraulic fracturing rules - phillyBurbs.com
Dec 3rd 2012, 23:51


NY Gov. Cuomo files extension on hydraulic fracturing rules
phillyBurbs.com
But, there's one Pennsylvanian who is making his word known through New York regarding Governor Andrew Cuomo's decision to file for a 90-day extension on the hydraulic fracturing rule-making process. He's best known as Pennsylvania's former ...
New York DEC releases draft hydraulic fracturing regulations, extends ... Lexology (registration)
To Frack or Not to Frack? [Poll] Patch.com

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Concerned Health Professionals of New York Speak Out
Nov 29th 2012, 22:19

Six members of CHPNY share their thoughts on the potential health impacts of hydrofracking in New York State.
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U-M researchers studying hydraulic fracturing - Ventura County Star
Nov 28th 2012, 17:45


U-M researchers studying hydraulic fracturing
Ventura County Star
The announcement comes the same day that Gov. Rick Snyder released an energy and environmental policy blueprint that calls for increasing production of natural gas in Michigan. It defends the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," to extract ...

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