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Colorado reins in fracking air pollution
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 2nd, 2014
Living on Earth: The fracking boom has boosted emissions of toxic chemicals as well as releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. State regulator Garry Kaufman tells host Steve Curwood that Colorado has become the first state to respond with tighter regulations of methane and toxic emissions from natural gas and oil production.
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CURWOOD: While Texas may be slow to act, Colorado recently became the first state to respond to the fracking boom with new regulations on emissions from oil and gas production....
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Environmental NGOs failing to address ‘blindingly obvious’ issues of population growth
Posted by Blue and Green: Charlotte Malone on March 2nd, 2014
Blue and Green: Environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are “failing the population challenge”, according to research from environmentalist and writer Jonathon Porritt and the charity Population Matters.
Porritt argues that population and environmental issues go hand in hand but that the majority of environmental NGOs are failing to recognise this and take the action necessary. He says that many of the organisations view the population issue as “completely off-limits” or it is only “grudgingly acknowledged”....
Los Angeles moves towards fracking ban after environmental concerns
Posted by Blue and Green: Tom Revell on March 2nd, 2014
Blue and Green: The city council of Los Angeles has voted to start drafting rules that would ban the controversial process of fracking within its jurisdiction.
Following concerns raised by residents and campaigners, the council has taken the first steps on the way to a ban that would stand until city politicians are certain of the environmental impacts of the process.
Fracking works by blasting rocks with water and chemicals, which then fracture the rocks and release the natural gas contained within them....