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Shale Gas Issues from Various Jurisdictions Shale Gas Issues From Various Jurisdictions ........................................................................................ 10 Foreword ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Calls for Moratoriums and Bans ......................................................................................................... 11 Pennsylvanians Demand Senators Declare Independence from Fracking ..................................... 11 Anti-Frackers Turn Focus On State Of Colorado After Win At Boulder County Level .................... 11 French president vows no fracking while he is president ............................................................... 11 Dear Governor Cuomo - New Yorkers Against Fracking Embedded Video ................................... 12 Fracking ban is about our water ..................................................................................................... 12 Gas drillers cancel lease with NE Pa. landowners ......................................................................... 12 Kent mayors vote for shale gas moratorium ................................................................................... 12 Contamination and Science ............................................................................................................... 14 Fracking near Shafter raises questions about drilling practices - Embedded video ........................ 14 RED WATER AND FOAM: FRACKING POLLUTION NEAR RICHWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA ...... 14 MARCELLUS SHALE REALITY TOUR - EPA TESTIING WATER IN DIMOCK PA ...................... 14 Dimock, Pennsylvania Fracking Rollercoaster Continues As Health Experts Push EPA ................ 14 COMMUNICATION DURING FRACTURE STIMULATION ............................................................ 15 A Tainted Water Well, and Concern There May Be More .............................................................. 15 LEAKED FRACKING FLUID CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER NEAR GRANDE PRAIRIE: .... 15 EPA's Water Contamination Investigation Halted In Texas After Range Resources Protest .......... 16 Canadian Government Confirms Contamination of Groundwater from Hydraulic Fracturing ......... 16 U.S. well sites in 2012 discharged more than Valdez .................................................................... 17 Map of most of the permanent shale gas industrial installations in NE Fracksylvania ................... 17 Natural gas well leaking in Gulf ...................................................................................................... 17 Gas drilling taints groundwater ...................................................................................................... 17 Fracking Contaminates US Water Wells ........................................................................................ 18 Increased stray gas abundance in a subset of drinking water wells near Marcellus shale gas extraction ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Fracking in Sussex - England ........................................................................................................ 18 DIMOCK GAS WELL SHUT DOWN DUE TO WELL WATER CONTAMINATION ......................... 18 EPA Says Dimock Water OK To Use As Lighter Fluid ................................................................... 19 So, Is Dimock’s Water Really Safe to Drink? ................................................................................. 19 Letter to the Morrow County Fairboard Executive Committee Members - Brine ............................. 19 Fracking Can Be Done Safely, but Will It Be? ............................................................................... 20 First-ever federal study finds natural gas fracking chemicals didn't spread .................................... 20 Treatment Plants Accused of Illegally Disposing Radioactive Fracking Wastewater ...................... 20 BREAKING NEWS: Industry cannot control hydraulic fractures!!! .................................................. 21 Spill Baby Spill ............................................................................................................................... 21 Hazmat Crews Clean Up After Tanker Leaks Onto I-70 ................................................................. 21 Potential Well Water Contaminants Highest Near Natural Gas Drilling, UT Arlington Study Says . 22 DOE: Fracks Can Hit Aquifers ! ..................................................................................................... 22 Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods ....... 22 Leaked Report Shows EPA Censored Dimock’s Fracking Water Contamination Study ................. 23 Questionable Science ........................................................................................................................ 24 'Frackademia': how Big Gas bought research on hydraulic fracturing ............................................ 24 Fracking Up Our Water, Hydro Power and Climate ........................................................................ 24 Renewable Energy ............................................................................................................................ 25 A Sustainable Energy Future Is Within Our Grasp ......................................................................... 25 Renewable Energy Will Exceed Natural Gas Use Worldwide By 2016 .......................................... 25 Cornell University and Verdant Power Ink MoU for MHK Technologies ......................................... 25 Governor Cuomo Awards $54 Million to Fund Large Solar Power Projects Across the State ........ 25 SunPower CEO: N. America Solar Demand `Phenomenal' - Embedded video .............................. 26 1 German Scientists Create Lithium Ion Battery that Can Charge an Electric Car for 27 Years ........ 26 Solar Power: Why You Should Invest Now .................................................................................... 26 Record-Thin Light Absorber Offers New Solar Hope ..................................................................... 26 Solar power will no longer be Alternative - Will be seen as normal ................................................ 27 A CANADIAN ENERGY STRATEGY: Why should local governments care? ................................ 27 On Rooftops, a Rival for Utilities .................................................................................................... 27 Science, Health and Accidents .......................................................................................................... 28 Be aware of health problems near fracking sites ........................................................................... 28 37% CANCER RATE WHERE BENZENE FROM FRACK-WASTE ............................................... 28 Spill Baby Spill ............................................................................................................................... 28 Cleary uncomfortable with shale gas blueprint ............................................................................... 28 Rejected radioactive waste remains in Greene .............................................................................. 29 Fracking a Flock of Pandoras ........................................................................................................ 29 Explosion at West Virginia frack site seriously injures four ............................................................ 30 EPA to Allow Consumption of Toxic Fracking Wastewater by Wildlife and Livestock .................... 30 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION - Inputs: Occupational Safety and Health Risks .............................. 30 Fracking and Water: E.P.A. Zeroes In on 7 Sites ........................................................................... 30 Taking a Harder Look at Fracking and Health ................................................................................ 31 Blood tests show Barnett Shale drilling chemicals ......................................................................... 31 Drilling injury lawsuit settled for $12 million .................................................................................... 32 Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers - Audio ...................................................... 32 Cancer Concerns With Colorado's Drilling, Fracking Boom ........................................................... 32 Worker Exposure to Silica during Hydraulic Fracturing .................................................................. 32 Casing collapse in Corsicana fracking well - Embedded video ...................................................... 33 Blue Rhino propane gas plant in Tavares, Florida gas plant explosions: 8 hospitalized ................ 33 Home distance from benzene sites linked to lymphoma risk .......................................................... 33 Economics, Legal, and Investigations ................................................................................................ 35 Global financial services provider Rabobank: ‘no money for fracking’ ........................................... 35 Divestment From Fossil Fuel Investments Gains Momentum ........................................................ 35 How Does The Shale Gas Scam Work? .......................................................................................
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