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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 ...

Sep. 12, 2019

By EP Minerals, LLC.

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 ...

Feb. 25, 2019

By The Ecologist

Bonn Climate Talks Turn to Discussion of Carbon Capture and Storage Technology

Carbon capture and storage, the technology that pumps greenhouse gases produced by burning fossil fuels beneath the surface of the earth, was at the center of negotiations at the Bonn Climate Change Conference Oct. 21, though much of the work took place behind the scenes in small group meetings. The technology is controversial within the United Nations climate change process because it is ...

Oct. 22, 2014

By Bloomberg BNA

Indigenous community launches solar powered health center

One of Alberta’s biggest solar projects has been built in one of the most unlikely places—the heart of Canada’s Peace River oil sands. This summer the community of Little Buffalo launched the Piitapan Solar Project, a 20.8kW renewable energy installation that powers the tiny community’s health center. The inspiring 80-panel solar project was developed in a bid to create ...

Sep. 30, 2015

By GLOBE SERIES

$North Texas city rejects partial fracking ban$

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 ...

Jul. 16, 2014

By Associated Press

Report: Fossile Energy Will Cost Double Renewable By 2030

A commonly repeated mantra is that renewable energy technologies are too expensive, or require high investments. Which suggests that the alternative to renewable energy – the current fossil-based energy infrastructure - is cheaper, or requires less investments. But does that view hold true? A look at global energy cost developments shows – Fossil resources are not infinitive. Due ...

Jan. 31, 2014

By SolaVis

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 ...

Dec. 16, 2015

By Associated Press

Fracking accident kills 1, injures 2 in Colorado

An accident at a hydraulic fracturing site in northern Colorado killed one worker and seriously injured two othersThursday, authorities said. The three men were trying to heat a frozen high-pressure water line at the oil or gas well site when it ruptured, Weld County sheriff's Sgt. Sean Standridge said. One man was hit by a stream of water and died from the impact. The injured men - Thomas ...

Nov. 13, 2014

By Associated Press

$Study links hundreds of Ohio quakes to fracking$

Study links hundreds of Ohio quakes to fracking

A new study suggests fracking triggered hundreds of small, unnoticeable earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months before the state first linked seismic activity to the much-debated oil-and-gas extraction technique. The report, which appears in the November issue of the journal Seismological Research Letters, identified nearly 400 tremors on a previously unmapped fault in Harrison County ...

Oct. 15, 2014

By Associated Press

$Judge temporarily halts fracking approvals in North Carolina$

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 ...

May 21, 2015

By Associated Press

$Colorado`s high court to decide if cities can ban fracking$

Colorado`s high court to decide if cities can ban fracking

The Colorado Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether cities can ban hydraulic fracturing, stepping into a high-stakes battle over whether local governments can impose tougher oil and gas rules than the state. The court will hear cases from Longmont, where voters banned hydraulic fracturing in 2012, and Fort Collins, where voters approved a 5-year moratorium in 2013. The Colorado Oil and ...

Sep. 21, 2015

By Associated Press

$Major oil and gas firm to list fracking chemicals$

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 ...

Apr. 25, 2014

By Associated Press

France upholds ban on hydraulic fracturing

France's constitutional council upheld a ban on the energy extraction process known as fracking on Friday, two days after the European Parliament voted to require full environmental reports from companies that want to establish hydraulic fracturing sites. The decision comes the same day the International Energy Agency predicted the United States would overtake Russia next year to become the ...

Oct. 14, 2013

By Associated Press

Natural gas exports: Slow walk or `danger zone`?

The debate over exporting liquefied natural gas is intensifying as the Energy Department considers an array of applications to ship the fuel to Japan, India and other countries where prices are far higher than in the United States. Some large manufacturers that use natural gas say the department is moving too quickly to approve gas exports, pushing the United States into a "danger zone" that ...

Jan. 8, 2014

By Associated Press

$North Texas town voting on fracking ban$

North Texas town voting on fracking ban

Anti-fracking activists and campaigners backed by big oil and gas companies sparred outside of voting sites on the last day of early voting in a North Texas university town that's considering a ban on new permits for hydraulic fracturing. The referendum is on Tuesday's ballot in Denton, which is about 40 miles north of Dallas. Though pre-existing permits would remain valid, opponents have called ...

Oct. 31, 2014

By Associated Press

$California panel launches probe into offshore fracking$

California panel launches probe into offshore fracking

California regulators have launched an investigation into offshore hydraulic fracturing after revelations that the practice had quietly occurred off the coast for the past two decades. The California Coastal Commission promised to look into the extent of so-called fracking in federal and state waters and any potential risks. "We take our obligation to protect the marine environment very ...

Aug. 15, 2013

By Associated Press

Illinois must adopt `fracking` rules, hire experts

High-volume oil and gas extraction probably won't begin in earnest in Illinois until next year because the state must first adopt rules and hire dozens of new employees to help regulate an industry eagerly pushing into new territory. Gov. Pat Quinn promised a quick signature on a measure the Legislature approved last week that would impose the nation's strictest regulations on hydraulic ...

Jun. 4, 2013

By Associated Press

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 ...

Oct. 19, 2013

By Associated Press

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