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Don`t break the fracking rules
New public polling published today (Thursday, 21 February 2019) by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) reveals that less than a quarter of people would support weakening limits on earthquakes caused by fracking. More than twice as many people support the rules as they stand. More than half of all respondents to a survey commissioned by CPRE believe that the government should ...
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Illinois bill signed into law, but fracking should not proceed
Governor Pat Quinn signed new oil and gas regulations into law today that will put some initial protections in place from the known dangers associated with fracking. The Natural Resources Defense Council continues to support a fracking moratorium in the state. The new rules, however, start to address a dangerous situation in Illinois where the controversial practice was occurring legally but ...
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UK Parliament backs fracking below national parks
The British Parliament has approved proposals that would allow fracking for shale gas below national parks, world heritage sites and other designated areas of natural beauty. The measure, which is opposed by environmental groups, was endorsed Wednesday by 298 votes to 261 and paves the way to more extensive fracking three-fourths of a mile below parks. The fracking process involves pumping huge ...
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NRDC: Governor Brown signs compromised Fracking Bill, Vowing to Fix it
Governor Brown signed fracking bill SB 4 into law late last Friday afternoon. The bill was undermined by last-minute amendments at the end of this year’s legislative session and needs corrective amendments, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Statement from Annie Notthoff, NRDC California Advocacy Director: “As a majority of Californians agree – a ...
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California Poll: Overwhelming majority want protection from fracking
A new poll of key California State Assembly districts found that the overwhelming majority of respondents are concerned about fracking, want protections from threats to their air and water, and believe oil and gas companies should be held to a higher standard of accountability than they currently are, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. “Californians are paying attention to ...
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New York Court Upholds Communities’ Right to Protect Residents from Fracking
The New York Court of Appeals today upheld communities' right to use traditional local zoning laws to keep fracking out of their borders if they so choose. The ruling came in two cases decided jointly—one brought by an oil company and the other a dairy farm that wanted to lease its land—challenging the towns of Dryden and Middlefield's decisions to ban the industrial activity there. ...
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Environmental Groups to California Leaders: Fix the Fracking Bill Now
The Natural Resources Defense Council, Clean Water Action and California League of Conservation Voters are calling on the California leaders to fix newly passed California fracking legislation (SB 4) because the bill contains dangerous amendments that undermine both critical safeguards to protect Californians from the dangers of fracking as well as foundational state environmental review ...
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Fracking bill clears Illinois General Assembly
In the waning hours of the Illinois General Assembly’s 2013 session, legislators passed a bill that would impose new regulations on high volume hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) in the state. The Natural Resources Defense Council continues to support a fracking moratorium. The bill, however, provides several important protections that residents would not otherwise have in ...
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Media Mentions: MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review recently published an excellent article about the Newberry EGS Demonstration. Author Kevin Bullis interviewed both Susan Petty, President of AltaRock Energy, Inc., David Stowe, Public Relations representative for AltaRock as well as Jeff Tester, Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems at Cornell University. The article does an excellent job summarizing the Newberry EGS ...
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NRDC: Governor Brown must impose a fracking moratorium immediately
Governor Brown’s last minute amendments to the newly passed California fracking legislation (SB 4) undermine critical fracking safeguards as well as foundational state environmental review processes, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Due to the risks this legislation allows, Governor Brown should immediately impose a moratorium on fracking in the state in order to fully ...
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New York Fracking Gag order violates freedom of speech
The Town of Sanford, New York, is violating its residents’ First Amendment right to free speech by placing a gag order on discussion of proposed fracking in the state at town board meetings, according to a lawsuit filed today by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy. “If people are silenced by their own elected representatives, how can they trust ...
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North Texas city rejects partial fracking ban
The council governing a North Texas city that sits atop a large natural gas reserve rejected a bid earlyWednesday morning to ban further permitting of hydraulic fracturing in the community after eight hours of public testimony. Denton City Council members voted down the petition 5-2, sending the proposal to a public ballot in November. Fracking involves blasting a mix of water, sand and ...
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New York puts indefinite pause on Fracking decision
New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah informed New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation today that the Department of Health’s Public Review of hydraulic fracturing will require additional time to complete due to the of complexity the issue and new science that needs to be included. This recommendation almost certainly substantially delays the ...
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New York town repeals fracking gag order after free speech lawsuit
The Town Board of Sanford, NY, has repealed the gag order it passed last summer on discussing fracking at their meetings, following a First Amendment lawsuit filed in February by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy. As a result, the groups are dropping their Freedom of Speech lawsuit today. Statements follow from NRDC and CCSE: “The people of ...
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Updated Illinois Fracking Rules: While Improved, They Don’t Make Fracking Safe
In response to a historic volume of public comments, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources released updates to their highly controversial draft regulations governing fracking in the state today. In their initial read through of the new rules, NRDC experts note a number of critical changes requested by the environmental community have been made, but a deeper analysis of the highly-technical ...
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EPA Must Require Full Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced it will solicit comments from the public regarding whether it should require chemical manufacturers to reveal basic information about the dangerous chemicals used in fracking around the country. This move could—and should—be the first step toward developing long-overdue nationwide rules that would allow the agency and the public to ...
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Ohio communities stand with Munroe Falls on importance of local control over community character in face of fracking
A group of Ohio municipalities have weighed in on behalf of home rule protections against fracking operations in a controversial Ohio Supreme Court Case pitting communities against unfettered oil and gas development. The cities of Broadview Heights, Euclid, Mansfield, and North Royalton, and the Village of Amesville, today submitted a “friends of the court” brief in a case regarding ...
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New York`s highest court to hear cases expected to determine future of fracking
New York state's highest court announced Aug. 29 that it will hear appeals of two cases that will shape the future of fracking in the state by determining whether state law preempts local governments from banning the natural gas drilling practice (Norse Energy Corp. USA v. Dryden, N.Y., docket number unavailable, 8/29/13; Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Middlefield, N.Y., docket number unavailable, ...
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Study: No fracking bonanza for California`s Monterey Shale
A U.S. Geological Survey report out Tuesday downgrades the fracking potential of California's vast Monterey Shale oil deposits. The study is the latest to lower a 2011 federal energy estimate that billed the Monterey Shale as a game-changer for U.S. oil, with what was then estimated at 13.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil overall. Instead, the U.S. Geological Survey's new study said, the ...
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Feds approve more fracking off California coast
The federal government has approved three new fracking jobs off the shores of California as state coastal regulators voiced concerns about potential environmental impacts. The work in the Santa Barbara Channel, site of a 1969 oil platform blowout, has not yet begun and it was not immediately clear when it would. The disclosure Wednesday came as the California Coastal Commission attempts to ...
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