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Oklahoma quake matches record even after fracking waste restricted
2016-09-05 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Oklahoma registered one of its biggest earthquakes Saturday even after state regulators have beefed up limits on disposing oilfield waste and the rate of tremors had started to slow somewhat from unprecedented levels last year. The tremor in central Oklahoma was felt from Texas to Illinois, measuring 5.6 in magnitude and tying a state record set in 2011, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The number of earthquakes measuring 3.0 or higher reached 890 last year, followed by 375 this year through...
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No UK fracking this year as Yorkshire legal challenge drags on
2016-09-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Britain's efforts to get fracking for shale gas have suffered a fresh delay after it emerged a legal challenge against the only approved project will not be heard until the end of November. Shale explorer Third Energy had hoped it might start work at its Kirby Misperton site in North Yorkshire as soon as the end of this year, after getting planning consent in May. But green groups Friends of the Earth and Frack Free Ryedale sought a judicial review of North Yorkshire County Council's decision,...
Victoria announces permanent ban on onshore gas fracking
2016-08-31 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
The Government of Victoria in Australia has announced a ban on all onshore unconventional gas exploration and development in the state including hydraulic fracturing, as well as coal seam gas.
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Australia: Victoria to permanently ban fracking and coal seam gas exploration
2016-08-30 03:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Victoria is to introduce a permanent ban on all onshore unconventional gas exploration, including fracking and coal seam gas, becoming the first Australian state to do so. The premier, Daniel Andrews, made the announcement on Tuesday morning and said legislation for the ban would be introduced later this year, making the current moratorium on unconventional gas exploration permanent. A parliamentary inquiry last year into onshore unconventional gas in Victoria received more than 1,600 submissions,...
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Australian state to permanently ban onshore gas fracking
2016-08-30 02:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Victoria state has gone further than any other in Australia to block shale and coal seam fracking, announcing a permanent ban on Tuesday due to concerns of farmers and green groups on health and water risks despite a looming natural gas supply crunch. The state's Labor government, however, left the door open to allowing onshore conventional gas drilling after 2020. A new Labor government in the Northern Territory is also getting set to ban fracking until it is satisfied the drilling technique does...
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