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Shale Gas Issues from Various Jurisdictions Shale Gas Issues From Various Jurisdictions .......................................................................................... 7 Foreword ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Calls for Moratoriums and Bans ........................................................................................................... 9 Maryland Senate, House Pass Two-Year Fracking Ban .................................................................. 9 Fracking banned for five years by Tasmanian Government ............................................................. 9 State board approves petition language to ban drilling .................................................................... 9 Albany Co. bans hydrofracking waste .............................................................................................. 9 Municipalities against Fracking (New Brunswick) .......................................................................... 10 Contamination and Science ............................................................................................................... 11 Shock: Fracking Used to Inject Nuclear Waste Underground for Decades .................................... 11 States Fail to Properly Manage Fracking Waste, Says Groundbreaking Report ............................ 12 Four Of 10 Fracked Wells In Pennsylvania Are Projected To Fail, Spewing Methane Into Air And Water ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Fracking Study on Water Contamination Under Ethics Review ...................................................... 12 Another frac mess! 200 Evacuated, Nearly 70 homes damaged in Marinza, Albania .................... 13 Emergency crews still trying to replug gas well in southwest Arlington .......................................... 13 Fracking Waste Puts Public at Risk, Study Says ........................................................................... 13 Athens County likely to become No. 1 chemical frackwaste acceptor in Ohio ............................... 13 A Dirty Dozen Reasons to Oppose Fracking .................................................................................. 14 Colorado Fracking Wastewater Injection Site Up In Flames ......................................................... 14 Questionable Science ........................................................................................................................ 16 Critics say SU prof hid ties to gas driller Chesapeake in fracking study ......................................... 16 Renewable Energy ............................................................................................................................ 17 Parrsboro tidal turbines set to roll .................................................................................................. 17 Sackville couple says solar power becoming affordable ................................................................ 17 Tesla's expected home battery announcement could spark energy revolution .............................. 17 Science and Health ........................................................................................................................... 19 Dallas doctor gets no answers on frack fluid ingredients ............................................................... 19 Scientists Discover Two New Pollutants In Fracking Waste ........................................................... 19 Fracking And Toxic Air ................................................................................................................... 20 Fracking criticism spreads, even in Alberta and Texas .................................................................. 20 Why was a 2012 Health Canada Report, admitting significant health hazards and risks ............... 20 Increased levels of radon in Pennsylvania homes correspond to onset of fracking ........................ 21 Study raises questions about measuring radioactivity in fracking wastewater ............................... 21 Researchers find 7,300-sq-mile ring of mercury around tar sands in Canada ................................ 22 Frustrated Tar Sands Industry Looks for Arctic Export Route ........................................................ 22 Energy East pipeline puts northern environment at risk: report ...................................................... 22 Fracking Waste Puts Public at Risk, Study Says ........................................................................... 23 8 Striking Portraits of People in the Path of Canada’s Mega Tar Sands Pipeline ........................... 23 As Researchers Tie Fracking and Radon, Pennsylvania Moves to Keep Drilling Radioactivity Data Under Wraps ................................................................................................................................. 24 Sour gas from oil wells a deadly problem in southeast Saskatchewan .......................................... 24 Beneath the tar sands is even dirtier oil, and industry is salivating over it ...................................... 25 ALERT Project .............................................................................................................................. 25 Offering a case against fracking .................................................................................................... 25 Economics, Legal, and Investigations ................................................................................................ 26 Guardian Media Group to divest its £800m fund from fossil fuels ................................................. 26 Jeremy Clarkson joins Guardian drive for fossil fuel divestment .................................................... 26 Syracuse University to divest $1.18bn endowment from fossil fuels .............................................. 26 No returns on LNG for years, global energy expert warns ............................................................. 26 Creditors Pulling The Rug From Under U.S. Shale Sector ............................................................. 27 1 Family awarded $3MILLION after court finds chemical exposure from fracking ............................. 27 Corridor Resources cuts natural gas reserves for McCully Field .................................................... 27 Study Finds Frackers Average at Least Two Violations a Day ....................................................... 28 Canadian Legal Information Institute ............................................................................................. 28 Judgements of the Supreme Court of Canada ............................................................................... 28 CN takes action against Grassy Narrows over blockade that didn’t happen Embedded video ....... 29 No title? No problem. Aboriginals can sue over property rights: appeal court ................................ 29 22,000+ jobs from tidal power in the Bay of Fundy? That oughta make some waves for the fossil fuel industry! .................................................................................................................................. 29 Canadian clean technology is going for gold .................................................................................. 30 Regulations ........................................................................................................................................ 31 Mandatory federal guidelines needed on fracking, coal mining ...................................................... 31 Environment and Enjoyment of Property ........................................................................................... 32 Study: Direct Evidence That Global Warming Causes More Global Warming ............................... 32 Air pollution in Asia may be changing weather patterns in the United States. Embedded video .... 32 Seventy percent of western Canada's glaciers could be gone by 2100 ......................................... 32 April 3, 1980: The Day That Walter Cronkite Warned Us About Global Warming Embedded video ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 9 Planetary Boundaries to Ensure a Healthy Planet Embedded video ........................................... 33 Over 25,000 March in Quebec Demanding Climate Leadership in Canada ................................... 33 Arctic Sea Ice At Record Low On April 9 2015 .............................................................................. 34 Carbon taxes offer economic pain for little to no environmental gain ............................................. 34 10 reasons a carbon tax is trickier than you think .......................................................................... 34 IPCC and media coverage of climate reports ................................................................................. 35 The Climate Change March to the parliament building in Quebec City .......................................... 35 Shift: Beyond the Numbers of the Climate Crisis Embedded video ................................................ 35 Climate change debate brings all government levels together ....................................................... 35 How is Your Province Acting on Climate? A Primer for the Premiers' Climate Summit .................
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