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Judge’s Ruling Complicates Hydrofracking Issue in New York
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 23rd, 2012
New York Times: A state judge’s decision this week supporting the rights of individual towns to determine whether to allow hydraulic fracturing has added a new wrinkle to the fight over the natural gas drilling process in New York. Parties on all sides are trying to figure out what the ruling will mean, but a consensus emerged on Wednesday that there will be further court challenges and delays over when, how and where the process, known as hydrofracking, will be allowed in the state, and by whom. Officials of...
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Royal Society oilsands report went easy on industry: Analysis
Posted by Vancouver Sun: Mike De Souza on February 23rd, 2012
Vancouver Sun: A key section in a high-profile Royal Society of Canada report that cast doubt on potential environmental and health impacts of oilsands development in Alberta was plagued by "misinformation" and "out of date" data, says a new analysis to be released Friday by Alberta scientist Kevin Timoney.
"Although the RSC report was an ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive review, it suffered in its execution," Timoney wrote in the commentary published by Environmental Science and Technology, an Iowa-based...