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Posts in Fracking

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  NC Fails Residents by Approving Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permit

  Collin Rees, January 26, 2018
  "The additional ‘restrictions’ placed are woefully inadequate. The DEQ mandates the use of ‘Horizontal Directional Drilling’ to protect the Neuse River – yet this same drilling technique is so dangerous that it’s resulted in state and federal regulators shutting down construction of two major natural gas pipelines just this month."
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  One Year of Trump

  Andy Rowell, January 22, 2018
  One year into Donald Trump’s presidency and the chaotic vortex is as dysfunctional as ever.
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  Jordan Cove LNG and Pacific Connector Pipeline Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Lorne Stockman, January 11, 2018
  The proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector pipeline would be a substantial source of climate pollution for decades to come. This briefing provides an estimate of the project lifecycle emissions and provides the climate rational for rejecting the proposed project.
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  Report: First Comprehensive Analysis of Climate Impact of Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline

  David Turnbull, January 11, 2018
  A new report released by Oil Change International details, for the first time, the full accounting of greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the proposed Jordan Cove LNG Export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas Pipeline project in Oregon.
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  VA State Water Control Board Delays the Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Oil Change International Response

  Lorne Stockman, December 12, 2017
  The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, like the Mountain Valley Pipeline, is a boondoggle that imperils our climate and communities. It must not be built. The Water Board has given itself an important opportunity to complete its work the right way by finalizing a complete rejection.
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  Sen. Merkley Opposes LNG Terminal as “the largest carbon polluter in Oregon”

  Andy Rowell, December 12, 2017
  Senator Jeff Merkley from Oregon has abandoned his support for the controversial Jordan Cove Project LNG project in Coos Bay, as it will, amongst other things "become the largest carbon polluter in Oregon."
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  Scientists Argue Gas Isn’t “Green” & Call for Urgent Phase Out Across EU

  Andy Rowell, November 7, 2017
  New scientific research argues that gas is not a bridge fuel to a clean energy future and that the methane emissions from gas have been severely underestimated.
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  Rick Perry Tells Africa to Drill, Frack and Dig Coal

  Andy Rowell, October 29, 2017
  Rick Perry tells an African Oil Conference: "it’s in fossil fuels that you will see real growth"
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  Community Responses to FERC’s Terrible Pipeline Approvals

  Collin Rees, October 19, 2017
  Last Friday, FERC continued it's rubber-stamping ways. Fortunately for pipeline fighters, fights against these two fracked gas pipelines is far from over. Here’s a selection of community voices responding to FERC’s terrible pipeline approvals of Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast’s certificates.
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  Oil Change International responds to FERC gas pipeline approvals

  Lorne Stockman, October 13, 2017
  FERC has ignored all the evidence and certified these destructive gas pipeline projects as ‘convenient and necessary’ – when in fact they are neither.