fracking sands News
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TTIP rises from the grave?
President Juncker was present as Greta Thunberg, initiator of the school strikes, explained why the EU was not doing enough to prevent climate breakdown. Juncker responded to her magnificent speech with some inadequate promises - and a strange rant about toilet flush regulations. What Junker did not tell Thunberg last week is that he is working hard to get more climate-wrecking ...
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Robert Redford leads prominent Americans who DemandCleanPower
Robert Redford and an array of prominent voices are calling on Americans to demand clean energy and reject dirty fuels with a particular plea that President Obama deny the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, as part of a new high profile climate action campaign debuting today. Redford is joined on the www.DemandCleanPower.org website debuting today by actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, ...
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Four Fatalities Linked to Used Fracking Fluid Exposure During ‘Flowback,` NIOSH Reports
Initial government field studies on hydraulic fracturing operations suggest that workers could be exposed to hazardous levels of volatile hydrocarbons from used fracking fluids, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said May 19. At least four workers have died since 2010, apparently from acute chemical exposures during flowback operations, which involve transferring, storing ...
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U.S. Silica, Gov. Kemp Cut Ribbon on New Facility in Millen, Ga.
U.S. Silica was joined today by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Millen Mayor King Rocker for the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of a state-of-the art facility that will produce high-end industrial products to be sold across the United States and internationally. “The opening of this facility represents how businesses see unlimited opportunity in our state, and how our jobs-friendly economic ...
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California finds more instances of offshore fracking
The oil production technique known as fracking is more widespread and frequently used in the offshore platforms and man-made islands near some of California's most populous and famous coastal communities than state officials believed. In waters off Long Beach, Seal Beach and Huntington Beach - some of the region's most popular surfing strands and tourist attractions - oil companies have used ...
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Judge temporarily halts fracking approvals in North Carolina
A judge has halted the approval of fracking operations in North Carolina until a higher court weighs in on the legality of the appointment of several boards that manage state resources and the environment. Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald W. Stephens' decision earlier this month prevents the Mining and Energy Commission from approving drilling units for hydraulic fracturing until the ...
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Major oil and gas firm to list fracking chemicals
A major supplier to the oil and gas industry says it will begin disclosing 100 percent of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluid, with no exemptions for trade secrets. The move by Baker Hughes of Houston is a shift for a major firm; it's unclear if others will follow suit. The oil and gas industry has said the fracking chemicals are disclosed at tens of thousands of wells, but ...
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