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Big energy companies fret over fracking: study
MarketWatch (blog)
In a sign that big energy companies listen to the public more than some may think, hydraulic fracturing ranked prominently on the list of concerns in annual reports from the 100 largest US oil and gas companies, according to a study by BDO USA.

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Fracking meeting ends early for lack of comments
Bakersfield Californian
BY JOHN COX Californian staff writer Awkward silences punctuated what was to be a listening session on hydraulic fracturing Wednesday night as the oil industry pressed for answers on upcoming regulations and state officials hosting the meeting found ...
Firms step up fracking disclosure; activists want it bannedLos Angeles Times
Could Fracking in Los Angeles Cause an Earthquake?LA Weekly
Are you ready for water inflation?MarketWatch (blog)
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Vt. becomes 1st state to ban hydraulic fracturing
CBS News
The gas drilling technique, called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves the high-pressure injection of water and chemicals into the ground to split rock apart and release natural gas or oil. It's being used extensively in the rapidly expanding ...
Vermont Fracking Ban: Green Mountain State Is First In US To Restrict Gas ...Huffington Post
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Eureka Resources To Construct Marcellus Shale Wastewater Treatment Facility In ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Eureka Resources, LLC, announced today that it will construct a world-class centralized wastewater treatment facility in Standing Stone Township, Bradford County, Pa., to treat wastewater ...

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Two Workers Hurt in Texas Fracking Tank Site Blast
Insurance Journal
A secretary for Vann Energy said the men were cleaning a tank at the maintenance facility that holds hydraulic fracturing or fracking tanks in Nixon, Texas, when the blast happened. She declined to identify herself and said no further information, ...
Two Workers Hurt in Blast at Texas Fracking Tank SiteFox Business
Two men injured in oil field maintenance plant explosion in NixonVictoria Advocate

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CBC.ca
Vermont Fracking Ban: Green Mountain State Is First In US To Restrict Gas ...
Huffington Post
AP | Posted: 05/16/2012 3:16 pm MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's governor has signed into law the nation's first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing. There's no drilling currently happening in Vermont, ...
Vermont first state to ban frackingCNN
Vermont becomes first state to ban frackingFox News
Vermont bans frackingColumbus Dispatch
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Fracking controversy draws crowd to Stokes library
WXII The Triad
BY MEAGHANN EVANS, THE STOKES NEWS “Fracking.” It's the new buzz word in Stokes County, and it is eliciting strong responses from residents. Nearly 100 people gathered at the Walnut Cove Public Library recently to hear more about hydraulic fracturing.

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Drilling rig in the Marcellus Shale region. Photo: Laurie Barr
North Country Public Radio
Hydraulic fracturing involves the high-pressure injection of water and chemicals into the ground to split rock apart and release natural gas or oil. It's being used extensively in the rapidly expanding natural gas industry in Pennsylvania, ...
High stakes in fight over Vestal, N.Y. fracking banInnovation Trail

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The Progressive Pulse
Fracking bill advances in N.C. legislature
Winston-Salem Journal
The technologies used to extract natural gas – horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing – are currently illegal here. North Carolina has no history of large-scale energy exploration and is ill-equipped with antiquated oil and gas laws that date ...
Fast-track fracking legislation: A solution in search of a problemThe Progressive Pulse
State lawmakers could take up fracking in short sessionNorth Carolina News Network
North Carolina editorial roundupGreenville Daily Reflector

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ILG Energy Helps Clients Maneuver New Fracking Guidelines
MarketWatch (press release)
To name one example, the Obama administration has recently passed new rules and regulations that concern the practice of fracking -- and these regulations could have serious ramifications for natural gas companies. A business called ILG Energy is ...

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CBC.ca
Vermont becomes first state to ban fracking
Fox News
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont became the first state to ban the controversial natural gas drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the ban into law Wednesday afternoon, The Burlington Free Press reported.
Vermont bans frackingColumbus Dispatch
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Vermont governor signs bill banning hydraulic fracturingBurlingtonFreePress.com
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Energy Tribune
Fracking Given Green Light in UK
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, May 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- This April, a report published by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said that hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking', for oil and gas was a safe process and should ...
Residents reject shale gas drillingPrague Post

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Fracking's Methane Trail: A Detective Story
NPR
by Elizabeth Shogren There are a lot of cheerleaders for the nation's natural gas boom — in part because they believe it's a lot cleaner than dirty coal. It's pretty well-known that power plants that burn coal pump out far more greenhouse gases than ...

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Financial Post
Major Push To Clean Up Shale Gas Fracking As 55 Top Investors With $1 Trillion ...
Sacramento Bee
In December 2011, IEHN and ICCR published "Extracting the Facts: An Investor Guide to Disclosing Risks from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations." (See http://www.iehn.org/documents/frackguidance.pdf for the full text.) Steven Heim, managing director and ...
Desjardins fund joins international call for firms to adopt fracking standardsFinancial Post

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Charlotte Observer
Fracking bill advances in NC legislature
News & Observer
Fracking, shorthand for hydraulic fracturing, offers an alternative to imported oil and dirty coal. Fracking refers to pumping several million gallons of water and chemicals underground at high pressure to flush out natural gas trapped in prehistoric ...
Controversial fracking bill advancesCharlotte Observer
Fast-track fracking legislation: A solution in search of a problemThe Progressive Pulse
State lawmakers could take up fracking in short sessionNorth Carolina News Network

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Plain Dealer
State law would require drillers to disclose chemicals used in fracking
Ravenna Record Courier
But much of the floor debate in the Senate Tuesday focused on portions of the bill related to horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, an emerging means of extracting oil and gas by pumping large volumes of water, chemicals and sand into deep ...
Ohio Senate approves new fracking rulesLancaster Eagle Gazette
Ohio: Beverly Hillbillies of frackingWDTN
Activists unhappy with Senate approval of SB 315Akron Beacon Journal (blog)

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RollingStone.com
Could Fracking in Los Angeles Cause an Earthquake?
LA Weekly
Don't feel left out, Angelenos, we've got fracking here too! And it might even be more dangerous than the kind that has allegedly poisoned drinking water and polluted the air in the Midwest and on the East Coast -- because injecting a high-pressure ...
Firms step up fracking disclosure; activists want it bannedLos Angeles Times
State regulators looking at the process of "fracking"KGET 17
California groups back fracking banUPI.com
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CBC.ca
Vt. becomes 1st state to ban hydraulic fracturing
Wall Street Journal
The gas drilling technique, called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves the high-pressure injection of water and chemicals into the ground to split rock apart and release natural gas or oil. It's being used extensively in the rapidly expanding ...
Vermont governor signs bill banning hydraulic fracturingBurlingtonFreePress.com
Vermont becomes first state to ban gas drilling technique known as hydraulic ...Washington Post

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NY anti-fracking movement gets star-studded boost
BusinessWeek
Andrew Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for gas in the Marcellus Shale region of southern New York. Actors Mark Ruffalo and Melissa Leo hosted the concert that featured Natalie Merchant, John Sebastian, Joan Osborne and a number of other ...
Anti-Fracking RallyTimes Herald-Record
New Yorkers Against Fracking: An Urgent Call to Action at The Egg, 5/15/12Albany Times Union (blog)
Anti-fracking groups rally at CapitolWXXA
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Insight: In Ohio, "fracking" boom a delicate issue for Obama
Chicago Tribune
In a region more accustomed to hard times than optimism, residents hope that a boom in shale gas drilling using the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing - or "fracking" - will lead to wealth, jobs and a reservoir of domestic energy that ...