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List of Bans Worldwide
[U.S. UPDATE:  June 9, 2014]
Food and Water Watch maintains a state-by-state, up-to-the-minute list and  map of actions passed against fracking in the U.S. As of today, the national total has risen to 418.
Canandaigua, New York
Canandaigua joins fracking bans, Steve Orr, Democrat & Chronicle, June 6, 2104
“Last week the city of Canandaigua, NY voted 8-0 to permanently ban fracking as well as the storage, treatment and disposal of fracking wastewater!” via New Yorkers Against Fracking
Numerous Town Bans and Moratoria  In New York State, now listed and mapped by FracTracker.org
Kirkland, New York
Town of Kirkland Bans Hydrofracking by Philip A. Vanno, Observer Dispatch, Utica, January 7, 2014
After months of hammering out, and concern from residents, the town of Kirkland officially put a law on the books banning hydrofracking.
Dryden, New York
“The Little Town That Took On Fracking And Big Oil”  Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC, August 17, 2013:
In 2011, rural Dryden, in upstate New York, banned hydraulic fracking, prompting an oil corporation which had spent millions of dollars buying up leases in Dryden, from private home and farm owners, to sue. The energy company wanted the court to force the town to accept industrial gas drilling including fracking, within town limits. Not only did the town fight back, it garnered the support of 20,000 people to support them in their fight. But the battle is not over. The panelists discuss.
CALIFORNIA
Beverly Hills:
California City Becomes First To Vote To Ban Fracking, Lydia O’Connor, The Huffington Post, April 24, 2014
Carson:
California city halts new oil drilling over fracking concerns, Rory Carroll, Reuters, March 19, 2014
“ The council of the Los Angeles County city of Carson, California, has unanimously approved a 45-day moratorium on new oil and gas drilling…”
Los Angeles:
L.A. City Council takes step toward fracking ban, Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2014
Los Angeles joins Dallas, NY, VT, Colorado cities to halt fracking, Karen Hansen, Examiner, February 28, 2014
Breaking: Los Angeles Passes Fracking Moratorium, Brandon Baker, EcoWatch News, February 28,2014
Los Angeles Becomes Largest City to Approve Fracking Moratorium, Carol Linnitt, DeSmogBlog, February 28, 2014
PENNSYLVANIA
A moratorium on the practice of hydraulic fracturing to retrieve natural gas passed The Pennsylvania State Democratic committee caucus by a standing vote of 115 in favor to 81 opposed.
Marcellus Moratorium, PoliticsPA.org, July 15, 2013
58% of Pennsylvanians Support a Statewide Moratorium
VIDEO: EPA Pulls Plug On Fracking Studies As Polls Show Support For Moratorium by Steve Doty, The Washington Examiner, July 31, 2013
Delaware River Basin – Moratorium
“The de-facto moratorium imposed by the Commission prevents drilling for natural gas in Pennsylvania’s Wayne and Pike counties, as well as parts of southern New York, until the DRBC establishes its own regulations for gas drilling…  After reviewing more than 60,000 public comments, the DRBC posted its revised draft regulations online in early November, 2011. Environmentalist groups, such as the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, criticized the draft rules and continued to lobby for a more extensive environmental impact study. Environmentalists say the new rules do not go far enough to protect drinking water supplies.” 
170+ Groups Urge Delaware River Basin Commission to Maintain Ban on Fracking, Food and Water Watch via EcoWatch, September 13, 2012
“More than 170 consumer, faith, business and environmental organizations from four states delivered a letter to members of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on Sept. 12, urging them to maintain the current ban on hydraulic fracturing throughout the Delaware River Basin. The commission is currently considering the possibility of opening up the basin to fracking, which would put the entire region at risk of numerous health and environmental hazards associated with the highly controversial natural gas drilling method. In particular, fracking has been known contaminate rivers and groundwater, and if allowed to occur in the basin would threaten drinking water supplies for 15.6 million residents.”
WASHINGTON D.C. 
“The Washington, D.C. City Council yesterday passed a resolution opposing hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling for natural gas in the George Washington National Forest due to concerns that such development might contaminate drinking water supplies. The 1.1 million-acre forest—located in Virginia and West Virginia—contains headwaters of the Potomac River, which is the sole source of drinking water for the nation’s capital.“
TEXAS
City of Dallas Effectively Bans Fracking, RT USA, December 13, 2013.
Did Dallas Just Ban Fracking?, Andrew Breiner, ThinkProgress, December 12, 2013.
HAWAII
Council OKS Ban On Fracking by Erin Miller, Hawaii Tribune Herald, October 26, 2013.
Hawaii County Council spends less than 3 minutes discussing and voting to BAN FRACKING on Hawaii Island.
OHIO
NOTE : Voters in Bowling Green Ohio did NOT agree to ban the practice hydrofracking. It was narrowly defeated in the November ballot measure.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/11/131105-colorado-ohio-fracking-ban-election-results/ There were some early misunderstandings on the outcome of this vote.
EARLIER POST: Bowling Green City Council Passes Fracking Ban, The BG News, September 18, 2013
MORA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
“New Mexico County First In Nation To Ban Fracking To Safeguard Water by Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2013
COLORADO
“Ballot Measure on Colorado Fracking Ban In The Works” by Curtis Wackerle, Aspen Daily News, August 17, 2013
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[GLOBAL UPDATE: May 5, 2014]
CANADA
EUROPE
The United Kingdom – Ban Overturned
UK lifts ban on fracking to exploit shale gas reserves, Lauren Smith-Spark and Jim Boulden, CNN, May 3, 2013
Half of Britain to be offered for shale gas drilling as fracking areas face 50 trucks passing each day: Ministers “stepping up the search for shale” with new exploration rights to be offered to fracking firms next summer, Emily Gosden, The Telegraph UK, December 17, 2013
Cantabria, SPAIN
“Shale-Rich Spanish Region Votes To Ban Fracking”, EurActiv.com, April 9, 2013
Lawmakers in Spain’s northern Cantabria region unanimously voted on Monday (8 April) to ban hydraulic fracturing on environmental concerns, shooting down the central government’s hopes for a project to boost jobs in a region believed to be rich in shale gas.

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[Original Post,  Date: 2012]
Global List of Fracking Bans and Moratrium by Johnny Linehan and Marina Stefan, Fracking Hell (UK) (Files)  
The Fracking Hell list is updated regularly. Visit  https://www.facebook.com/groups/FellowFractivists/ for most current list, or add a ban of your own to the comments.
·         Countries with a Ban or Moratorium:
    • France .                   
    • June 30 2011: The French parliament voted to ban the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Oct. 4 2012: France will maintain a ban on fracking until there is proof that shale gas exploration won’t harm the environment or “massacre” the landscape, President Nicolas Sarkozy said.
    • The new Minister of Ecology in Mr Hollande’s Socialist government , Ms Brick, is fiercely against fracking and the opponents of fracking are asking that Parliamentary Bill 377 be put on the top of the stack for action. .
    • 13th Nov 2012: The Luxembourg Parliament voted against a motion to extract underground shale gas due to concerns over the environmental impact of the process. Fracking, also known as induced hydraulic fracturing, uses fluid pressure to break open rock formations, in order to release gas or fuel trapped underground. *
    • Bulgaria
    • 18 January 2012: Bulgaria has become the second European country after France to ban exploratory drilling for shale gas using the extraction method called “fracking”.
    • Bulgarian MPs voted overwhelmingly for a ban on Wednesday, following big street protests by environmentalists.
    • Bulgaria has revoked a shale gas permit granted to US energy giant Chevron.
    • 17th May 2012: Temporary Parliamentary Commission for study, analysis and discussion of best practices and regulatory solutions for exploration and mining has decided at its meeting today that the moratorium on exploration and extraction of shale gas has to drop some of the provisions. Environmentalists have threatened new protests.
    • The Bulgarian minister of economy, Delyan Dobrev, commented on the adopted changes in the shale gas moratorium stating that ‘the moratorium shall remain, as long as the people are not properly assured that shale gas production does not pose a threat to them or the environment’.
    • 14th June 2012 Bulgaria’s 41st National assembly passed an Act to ban fracking in all its forms in all its territory including testing and exploration and has absolutely banned any kind of extraction using the pumping of water or gel or anything into the ground. The partial bans, and condititional moratorium was not enough for activists who succeeded in persuading the Assembly that an absolute ban was neccessary.
    • Romania
    • May 16, 2012: In response to a petition that garnered the support of 50,000 residents concerned about the environmental impact of drilling, along with the criticism of several regional governors, Environment Minister Rovana Plumb (Social-liberal Union) has said she will propose a moratorium on shale gas exploration for up to two years until clear rules for the sector are established.
    • South Africa 
    • South Africa’s Mining Minister Susan Shabangu has decided to extend the ban on the practice of hydraulic fracturing used to break through shale rock formations underground to tap once inaccessible gas reserves. The moratorium will last another six months, while the nation’s appointed team to investigate the safety of hydraulic ‘fracking’ continues its research.
    • Germany
May 8th 2012: Germany has apparently halted plans to use fracking (hydraulic fracturing), a controversial method used to extract natural gas in difficult places to reach. According to Spiegal, Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen and Economy Minster Philipp Rosler have been sceptical of the process and have decided to oppose it for the time being. Germany
    • The Czech Republic
May 11, 2012: The Czech Republic is considering a moratorium on fracking. The moratorium would last two years ad would give the Czech environmental ministry time to determine what regulations should be in place for gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing. 
3rd September 2012 PRAGUE – The Czech government has proposed a temporary ban on shale gas exploration until a new law is passed that would address extracting the new energy source.
Environment Minister Tomas Chalupa said Monday the current law is insufficient and a moratorium till the middle of 2014 would give authorities time to propose legislation that would “take into account the current technologies and their environmental impact.”
The government is expected to discuss the proposal next month.
    • Argentina
    • Fracking banned by the Cinco Saltos community local government, Patagonia, Argentina….
    • 20/12/2012 The Five City Breaks (province of Black River) became the first municipality to ban the exploration and development of unconventional oil through the fracking technique. The ordinance was introduced by Councilman Jose Chandía Communist Party and approved unanimously.”
    • Spain 
    • VALLADOLID, July 5 (EUROPE PRESS) - Valle de Mena (Burgos) has declared the municipality “fracking free” because of the absence of “informaion and transparency” This was passed by the autonomous government against the possible exploitation and extraction of gas in the area of Great Enara, which includes the town.
    • FUERTEVENTURA (BIOSPHERE RESERVE) SAYS “NO” TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT’S DECISION (SPAIN) TO ALLOW OIL EXPLORATION IN THE SEA
    • CANTABRIA – Oct 2012 - “President of Cantabria, Ignacio Diego, presented to the Governing Council a first draft of the bill to ban the use of the technique of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Autonomous Region for both gas extraction as in investigations which is used in practice. (….) According to Diego, Cantabria needed economic activity, “but not at any price.” In this sense, has stressed that the conclusion reached by the Cantabrian Government is the result of a study conducted “with great interest” and various technical analysis.
    • Switzerland
    • The Canton of of Fribourg has banned fracking.
    • Austria
    • August 16th 2012: The Governor of Lower Austria has called for legislative changes to be introduce to preclude the drilling for shale gas due to concerns over the potential impact of hydraulic fracturing.
    • Italy
    • Bomba, a tiny city in the south of Italy has refused a drilling project – drilling in Pantelleria Island, between Sicily and Tunisia, has also been stopped by a governement’s decision
    • Northern Ireland
    • 7 December 2011: Northern Ireland’s Assembly has voted for a moratorium on “fracking”, a method of extracting natural gas from shale, pending an environmental assessment. The Minster has still failed to enact the moratorium.
    • Ireland
    • May 12, 2012: Minister For Energy Pat Rabbitte has reiterated that no hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” for gas would take place in Ireland pending further “detailed scientific analysis and advice”. 
    • Roscommon County Council unanimously support aban on fracking
    • Leitrim County Council voted for a moratorium on fracking
    • Clare County Council unanimously support a ban on fracking and unanimously voted to amend the county development plan
    • Donegal and Sligo: Ban on fracking
    • (16-01-2012) Sligo Borough Council supports the proposal from Clare County Council and Sligo County Council calling on the Government and the Minister for Communications, Energy and natural Resources to BAN the practice of fracking/hydraulic fracturing.
    • Fermanagh District Council have also voted for a moratorium on fracking.
    • The British Government has rejected shale gas technology as a solution to Britain’s energy crisis, conceding it will do little to cut bills or keep the lights on.
    • Supporters of the fracking technology – which blasts water, sand and chemicals at extreme pressures to release gas trapped deep in rock – argue it could be the single greatest factor in transforming Britain’s energy market, reducing our reliance on foreign imports and dramatically reducing costs.
    • But The Independent on Sunday has learned that industry experts made clear at a meeting attended by senior ministers, including David Cameron and Ed Davey, the Lib Dem energy secretary, that the UK’s reserves were smaller than first thought and could be uneconomical to extract.
    • Now senior coalition figures have agreed that shale gas has the potential to be deeply controversial without securing major benefits in lowering carbon emissions or reducing energy costs.
    • Keynsham Town Council have unanimously voted NO! to UK Methane’s planning application, which is a fantastic success and a big part of the puzzle.The next stage is now for B&NES Planning Committee to vote on the planning application at their Development Control Committee Meeting. Currently it is on the agenda for the 21st Nov but may be pushed back to December or maybe even January.
    • The Netherlands
    • A court in the southern Dutch city of Boxtel recently ruled that a temporary planning for an exploratory borehole was invalid. THe judge ruled that exploratory wells are by definition not temporary – if gas is discovered the intention is to extract it. This landmark ruling against UK fracker Cuadrilla sent shivers up the fracking industry’s spine – without the ability to secure temporary plannings it’s difficult to see how frackers can perform the exploratory testing required.
    • Australia 
    • New South Wales - Moratorium on fracking extended from Dec 2011 until July 2012, subject to ‘satisfacory’ national regulations. Ban has expired now and job adverts and notices of proposed drilling have started to be seen.
    • 24th August 2012 State of Victoria on Friday put a hold on hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to produce hard-to-reach gas deposits, and a halt on new coal seam gas exploration licenses.
    • The moratorium would remain until a national regulatory framework for regulating coal seam gas and hydraulic fracturing was put in place by Australia’s federal government, state energy and resources minister Michael O’Brien said in a statement.
    • Dunoon 11th June 2012 12:00 PM
    • DUNOON is the latest Northern Rivers community to declare itself CSG- free. Dunoon is now one of several communities that have declared themselves or are in the process of declaring themselves CSG-free. Others include The Channon, Modanville, Whian Whian, Rosebank and Numulgi.
    • Marrick  Council in Sydney, unanimously voted on Tuesday 9/5/2012 to impose a condition prohibiting CSG mining from going ahead at the site as part of the development application.
    • 23rd May 2012: CANADA Bay Council has joined other inner-west Sydney councils in opposing coal seam gas mining in the area.Greens Cr Pauline Tyrrell said Dart Energy’s coal seam gas (CSG) exploration licence covered the whole of the Sydney metropolitan area, including the Canada Bay Council area. Cr Tyrrell raised a motion against CSG mining which was passed at the council meeting last week.
    • June 30, 2012 at 4:55 pm The small town of Tyalgum made history today, as the first community in the Tweed Valley in NSW, to declare itself CSG free. It’s hoped other towns in the region will follow suit.
    • 17/02/2012 – Poowong, Victoria declared itself CSG-FREE after a poll returned 95% in favour of a ban.
Aotearoa (New Zealand) *
    • 14 April 2012: “The Christchurch City Council has declared their city a ‘fracking-free zone’ in a unanimous vote this afternoon. “It is a very strong sign from the Council that we do not want fracking taking place in this city. “We hope that the strong stand we are taking is picked up by councils in other areas,” he says.” 
    • 18 April 2012: Kaikoura District Council voted 6 to 2 to declare itself a frack-free zone (NZ). It will be revisited after the independent investigation by Dr Jan Wright of the Parliamentary Commission for the Environment (PCE) due out at the end of the year. This resolution followed a request in February for a moratorium from Central Government until the study but that was denied.
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Canada
    • British Columbia
    • First Nations people in NW British Columbia enacted a four year moratorium against drilling for natural gas by Royal Dutch Shell in the Sacred Headwaters. Members of the Tahltan First Nation are blockading Shell’s coal bed methane project in the Sacred Headwaters, the birthplace of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers.
    • Nova Scotia
    • Nova Scotia citizens call for ban on Nova Scotia fracking. Graham Hutchinson says the province should impose a moratorium on the controversial practice. The group recently presented a petition to Energy Minister Charlie Parker calling for a ban.
    • Québec
    • March 17, 2011: Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec’s natural resources minister, announced Wednesday that the province would no longer authorize hydraulic fracturing operations in the province in the hunt for oil and gas.
The USA
    • The State of Vermont
    • May 17, 2012: Vermont became the first state to ban the controversial natural gas drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Governor Peter Shumlin signed the ban into law Wednesday afternoon.
    • New Jersey, NJ
    • May 17, 2012: TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey Legislature has accepted Gov. Chris Christie’s recommendation for a one-year ban on a natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, rather than continue to pursue a permanent ban.
    • June 30, 2012 New Jersey Legislature Bans All Fracking Waste Mindful of a court ruling in 1978 striking down a law they passed banning waste disposal from other states, New Jersey legislators this week passed a new law banning all disposal of fracking wastewater within its borders, even if the waste water is produced within New Jersey. The new law is aimed at prohibiting shipment of 1.3 billion gallons of fracking waste water already generated in neighboring Pennsylvania from being shipped into New Jersey for deep well injection.
    • July 15, 2012  Secaucus, NJ -  bans ‘fracking’ (Local officials also call for statewide and national ban.) The mayor and Town Council banned fracking and fracking waste water in Secaucus at the June 26 council meeting in a resolution that states that the drilling process causes environmental hazards.
    • Pittsburgh, Pa
    • November 16, 2010: In a historic vote, the City of Pittsburgh today adopted a first-in-the-nation ordinance banning corporations from natural gas drilling in the city (Pittsburgh is finding it difficult to enact the ban because of ‘variances’ issued by the State’s Public Utilities Commission overruling their decisions) 
    • Morgantown, WV
    • June 6th 2011: Morgantown City Council went ahead on Tuesday evening with its proposed ban on fracking concerning the drilling of Marcellus Shale. The council approved the first reading of the ordinance which would prohibit fracking in the city and within one mile of the city limits as well. 
    • 15th August 2011: On Friday, Monongalia County Judge Susan Tucker ruled Morgantown’s ordinance to be invalid, clearing the way for Northeast to resume drilling. In the court’s opinion, Tucker said the state had exclusive control of regulation. Tucker also noted strides made by the state to implement comprehensive rules for drilling.
    • North Carolina, RALEIGH 1st July 2012-- Governor Bev Perdue vetoed the controversial fracking bill Sunday, the last day she had to act before it would have become law.The governor said she supports hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking,” but believes additional safeguards are needed in the bill. Without those safeguards in place to protect drinking water and the health of North Carolina families, Perdue said she was forced to veto the bill.
    • New York State
    • New NEW YORK town bans are being passed regularly. The latest is Red Hook, NY.
    • Syracuse, N.Y.
    • October 24, 2011: SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse common councilors ban hydrofracking in the city.
    • Woodstock enacts ban on hydrofracking - Jul 22, 2012
    • The Town Board on July 17 delivered the first blow of a proposed two-punch combination aimed at banning hydrofracking in Woodstock, unanimously adopting a zoning amendment that prohibits the controversial natural-gas extraction method and related activities within the town’s borders.
    • By a vote of 5-1-1, Village of Owego passed a 1-year moratorium – 31st July 2012 
    • 20th Dec 2012 - WAWARSING, New York State – The Wawarsing Town Board is the latest to adopt a ban on hydro-fracking to extract natural gas from shale formations.
    • The unanimous vote came Thursday night. A public hearing was held prior to the vote with no one supporting the process.
Animated film of bans, moratoriums and groups in New York State
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• Two legislative bills on hydrofrack drilling were considered by the legislature. The Assembly passed an extension of the current moratorium through June of 2012. The Senate did not act on a parallel bill and the issue is closed for the present.
• NYS Executive Order calling for a drilling moratorium by former Governor Paterson has been affirmed by Governor Cuomo.
• Yates County resolution unanimously passed calls for similar protection treatment of their watershed as that in NYC and Syracuse watersheds.
• The Town of Jerusalem (Yates) enacted a moratorium ordinance for their entire township. The one-year moratorium begins when the Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) relating to the extraction of natural gas by the process of high-volume hydraulic fracturing now under review by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is finalized.
• The Town of Milo is drawing up a moratorium statement for board action.
• Dewitt, Tully, Marcellus and Skaneateles have enacted moratoria laws.
• Highland, (Sullivan Co) is developing a moratorium statement.
• Buffalo has banned hydrofrack drilling and wastewater disposal in their city.
• Sullivan County is the first county in New York State to enact a moratorium.
• Lumberland (Sullivan Co) is considering a moratorium statement.
• Town of Ulysses is establishing “industrial zones” attempting to restrict the negative impact of drilling in their water supply.
• Tompkins County has enacted a ban on fracking on county land.
• Broome County: Ban on hydrofracking on county lands. Waste restrictions for fracking cuttings and flow back water established.
• Ontario, Sullivan and Onondaga Counties have enacted bans on fracking on county owned land.
• Ulster County has banned hydrofrack drilling on county owned lands.
• Gorham in Ontario County enacted a moratorium ordinance.
• The towns that ring Cooperstown’s reservoir, Otsego Lake — Middlefield, Otsego, Butternuts, and Cherry Valley — are moving to ban or restrict natural gas drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing.
• Springfield has adopted local laws prohibiting heavy industry, including gas drilling.
• The Medical Society of the State of New York has gone on record supporting a moratorium on gas drilling using high volume hydraulic fracturing.
• Cooperstown’s Chamber of Commerce has issued a position statement supporting a total ban on fracking due to the impact it will make on their watershed, farming and tourism.
• A group of residents have launched a petition drive designed to ban the use of high-volume, slick water hydraulic fracturing in the Town of Caroline, Tompkins County.
• The Village of Penn Yan will not accept any hydrofracking wastewater for processing at the village wastewater treatment plant.
• New York City has called on the US Congress to remove hydrofrack drilling’s exemption from the Safe Water Drinking Act.
• The Skaneateles Town Board has initiated plans for a ban in their township.
• The Otsego County Planning Board approved changes to Middlefield’s master plan and zoning law that would specifically prohibit heavy industry, including gas and oil drilling.
• The Board of Trustees of Bassett Medical Center, based in Cooperstown, New York, views the issue of hydrofracking as a public health issue of the highest priorityand resolves that the hydrofracking method of gas drilling constitutes an unacceptable threat to the health of patients, and should be prohibited until such time as it is proven to be safe.
• A consortium of interested citizens is planning for a unified moratorium and eventual ban of hydrofrack drilling in the entire Keuka Lake watershed region. To date the towns of Barrington, Milo and Jerusalem have adopted ordinances on a moratorium. Wayne has prepared a resolution for consideration.
• Lebanon town board members adopted a memorializing resolution that calls on the New York State Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo to repeal and reform compulsory integration laws in the State of New York that currently govern natural gas development.
• A petition drive has resulted in the Dryden Town Board unanimously passing a resolution to move forward with an ordinance to ban fracking.
• The Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition, Inc. has sued the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in New York State Supreme Court to declare High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing in New York State Forests contrary to the New York State Constitution and applicable environmental laws.
• The Otsego Town Board clarified a long-standing prohibition against heavy industry, including fracking for natural gas, in the town’s land use law. By this vote the town, which includes most of the Village of Cooperstown, reaffirmed its home rule right to prohibit drilling through local ordinance. They also approved revisions to its land-use law that strengthen a ban on gas drilling and hydrofracking within the town. The law now specifies that while the removal of gravel, rock, stone, sand, fill, topsoil or “unconsolidated” minerals has been allowed, extraction of natural gas and petroleum is not permitted.
• The Common Council of Oneonta voted to ban all forms of natural gas drilling in city limits.
• The Town of Wales adopted a community rights ordinance that bans “fracking.” The ordinance establishes a Bill of Rights for Wales residents and “recognizes and secures certain civil and political rights of the residents to govern themselves and protect themselves from harm to their persons, property and environment.”
• The exploration of land for natural gas by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing is prohibited in the Town of Camillus.
• Brighton became the first municipality in Monroe County to take a position on hydrofrack drilling calling for a state-wide moratorium.
• Kirkland has adopted a one-year moratorium on hydrofracking.
• New Hartford has adopted a six-month moratorium on hydrofrack drilling for natural gas
•   October 24, 2011: SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse common councilors ban hydrofracking in the city.
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August 14th 2012 Saint Johnsville Village, NY, USA unanimously passed a one year moratorium on hydrofracking and its related activities.
    • Buffalo, NY
    • Feb 8, 2011 6: The City of Buffalo, New York, banned the natural gas drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing on Tuesday, a largely symbolic vote that demonstrates concern about potential harm to groundwater from mining an abundant energy source.The city council voted 9-0 to prohibit natural gas extraction including the process known as “fracking” in which chemicals, sand and water are blasted deep into the earth.
    • Albany, NY (Capitol of NYS) banned hydraulic fracturing within the city limits of the City of Albany in May, 2012. Mayor Jennings didn’t veto it.
    • Sept 2012 The Rochester Town Board voted to ban hydraulic fracturing at its August 30 meeting, to the applause of a town hall packed with residents eager for the decision. Although passing the ban was one of the first things the board did that evening, celebrants were still toasting with champagne in the town hall parking lot when the meeting adjourned over an hour later.
    • The town joins an estimated 35 that have passed an outright ban on the controversial gas-mining practice in the state. A hundred other municipalities have moratoria in place while they study the issue, and 60 more have passed resolutions either in support of the practice, or opposing a statewide ban. Governor Cuomo is expected to announce a decision on whether it will be permitted in New York State or not in the very near future.
PENNSYLVANIA: 
In February, the legislature passed Act 13, which eliminated local zoning for natural gas operations, which include drilling, compressor stations and pipelines. Passed with support of Republican lawmakers from the Southeast, Act 13 was hailed by the governor, lawmakers and the natural gas industry as crucial because it provided uniformity and consistency for developing shale gas drilling policy.
Effectively, this has deprived all the communities from having any power to protect themeselves from the rape of their land, posioning of their water, and harm to people, animals and crops.
    •  Pittsburgh adopts the first-in-the-nation community rights ordinance which elevates the right of the community to decide, and the rights of nature over the “rights” associated with corporate personhood. The City Council unanimously adopted this ordinance banning corporations from conducting natural gas drilling in the city.
    • •Lehman Township in Luzerne County PA NEVER passed a moratorium or ban, the township supervisors voted down CELDF ordinance to protect and preserve township land and water.
    • The Board of Supervisors for Licking Township, Clarion County, PA, voted unanimously on Wednesday to adopt an ordinance banning corporations from dumping “fracking” waste water in the township. The Licking Township Community Water Rights and Self-Government Ordinance is the first ordinance of its kind adopted in Pennsylvania to confront the threat of Marcellus Shale drilling.
    • Cresson has enacted legislation banning fracking.
    • Washington Township has banned fracking.
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City Council unanimously passed the pro-moratorium Resolution on Marcellus Shale Drilling Environmental and Economic Impacts.
    • The Borough Council of West Homestead, Pennsylvania, unanimously adopted an ordinance that enacts a Local Bill of Rights, along with a prohibition on natural gas extraction to protect those rights. The bill, titled “West Homestead Borough’s Community Protection from Natural Gas Extraction Ordinance; establishes specific rights of West Homestead residents, including the Right to Water, the Rights of Natural Communities, the Right to a Sustainable Energy Future, and the Right to Community Self-Government.
    • Philadelphia refuses to purchase Marcellus Shale gas as the dumping of flow back waters is polluting their water supply.
    • Collier Township upgraded its natural gas drilling ordinance to enhance their Marcellus Shale ordinance that would push drillers farther away from schools and provide baseline measurements for noise levels at drilling sites.
    • United Methodists representing 950 churches across central and Northeast Pennsylvania passed a resolution calling for a temporary halt in gas well drilling in the Marcellus Shale as well as an impact tax on those places where drilling already has taken hold.
    • Religious groups such as the Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia have advocated against fracking and in April, 2011, America, the national magazine of the Jesuits editorialized very critically about the process.
    •  Baldwin Borough Council adopted a community rights ordinance that bans the corporate extraction of natural gas.
    • 30th June 2012 Legislators Pass Moratorium on Gas Drilling in Bucks, MontCo The provision was attached to a state budget measure which lawmakers approved late Saturday night. Companies that want to drill for natural gas in Bucks or Montgomery counties will have to wait. State lawmakers on Saturday night approved a moratorium on gas drilling in Bucks, MontCo and parts of Lehigh, Berks and Chester counties. The moratorium will affect any oil or gas operations in the South Newark Basin, which underlies a swath of territory extending from Bucks through MontCo and into Berks County.
Arkansas
• A class-action lawsuit has been filed against companies that drill for natural gas in central Arkansas. The suit is asking for millions of dollars in relation to the earthquakes associated with the fracking process the companies use. The damages enumerated in the suit are property damage, loss of fair market value in real estate, emotional distress, and damages related to the purchase of earthquake insurance.
    • Arkansas has a ban on 4 out of more than 500 frack fluid waste-water injection wells because of their 4.7/9 earthquake.
Maryland
• The first community in Maryland, Mountain Lake Park, adopted an ordinance banning corporations from natural gas drilling.
• Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has sent a letter to Chesapeake Energy Corporation and its affiliates, notifying the companies of the State of Maryland’s intent to sue for violating the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA).
• Governor Martin O’Malleyhas signed an executive order for a three year moratorium on drilling in MD while studies continue.
New Jersey
• The New Jersey Assembly voted to ban hydraulic fracturing in NJ in a bipartisan overwhelming vote (58 to 11, 8 abstained), following the landslide vote 32-1 earlier in the day by the NJ Senate. New Jersey is the first state legislature to ban fracking.
Ohio
• 22nd August 2012: Wellsburg City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting natural gas drilling in or within one mile of the city as concerns mounted about the city’s water being contaminated by procedures in hydrofrack drilling. A reservoir serving the city is beside property that Chesapeake Energy is leasing for drilling.
A pair of proposed deep brine injection wells in Weathersfield Township got the attention of residents and trustees. Now, opposition is growing next door in Niles. “The property’s adjacent right to Niles, also it’s five blocks from downtown so we’re very concerned,” Niles Mayor Ralph Infante said. Niles joined Weathersfield Township trustees on Wednesday, passing a resolution to ban all injection wells in the city and township. That includes the proposed site off state Route 169 next to Niles Commerce Park.
    • 28th August 2012 - Jefferson twp in Crawford county passed an extraction and injection well resolution banning fracking activity in the township
    • On Oct. 1, 2012, the Yellow Springs Village Council voted 3-2 to adopt a Community Bill of Rights ordinance banning corporations from conducting shale gas drilling and related activities in the village.
    • The ordinance was drafted by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) at the invitation of the community group Gas and Oil Drilling Awareness and Education (GODAE), a group of citizens concerned about the potential effects of gas and oil drilling on the environment.
Yellow Springs is the first municipality in the state of Ohio to enact a local Bill of Rights and protect those rights by prohibiting shale gas drilling and fracking and the ensuing injection wells. The first of its kind in Ohio local law asserts the fundamental rights of residents to clean air and water, and to protect the rights of nature.
Virginia
• George Washington National Forest has disallowed horizontal drilling for natural gas within its 1.1 million acres of territory while opening up segments of the forest to the potential for wind energy construction.
Texas
• Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed a bill requiring drillers to publicly disclose the chemicals they use when extracting oil and gas from dense rock formations, the first state to pass such a law.
    • Moratorium in the city of Grand Prairie, TX (a suburb of Dallas) until January 2013 on drilling activities within 3,000 feet of water retention structures. It’s been called potentially catastrophic by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Chesapeake and XTO placed the community in jeopardy by already drilling and fracking in very close proximity to the local Joe Pool Dam. Right hand did not know what the left was doing….it’s a mess.
West Virginia
• Wellsville has banned fracking.
• Lewisburg has banned fracking within their city limits.
• Morgantown banned fracking in the city and within one mile of the city limits as well.
8 April 2012: Kaikoura District Council voted 6 to 2 to declare itself a frack-free zone (NZ). It will be revisited after the independent investigation by Dr Jan Wright of the Parliamentary Commission for the Environment (PCE) due out at the end of the year. This resolution followed a request in February for a moratorium from Central Government until the study but that was denied.
Iowa
WAUKON, Iowa (WXOW) – There will be no frac sand mining in Allamakee County. The county passed an 18-month moratorium Monday 4th February 2013. Frac sand is becoming a hot commodity because it’s being widely used in a process called hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” to extract natural gas in other parts of the country.
Read the text of the moratorium here:
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Any more bans or maratoriums, please post them on the Fracking Hell site or mesage them to me, Johnny Linehan

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1.    http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/5b5ab66f0caf7475c1eda0f0259a2999?s=32The Year Fractivism Exploded « Keep Tap Water Safe Says:
December 30, 2012 at 9:07 am | Reply
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4.    G. Ring (@ecolingo) Says:
April 9, 2013 at 1:08 pm | Reply
Another ban to add to your list! New regional ban in Cantabria, Spain, voted unanimously by Parliament on Monday 8 April 2013!
http://www.euractiv.com/energy/shale-rich-spanish-region-votes-news-518963
1.         http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
August 18, 2013 at 3:37 pm | Reply
this is great, thank you!
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6.    http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d10edc4f201b9f1a71a58be5e0d6f649?s=32&d=identicon&r=GNancy Denker Says:
April 30, 2013 at 12:04 pm | Reply
Mora County New Mexico enacted a ban, as well as a resolution to change the state constitution to put community rights above corporations.
0. http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
August 18, 2013 at 3:30 pm | Reply
thanks! i’ve included it in the update
7.    http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/46cbc92760e180e51aee2a0e36eac1ed?s=32EU climate chief: Forget US-style shale gas revolution « Route Magazine Says:
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18.  http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4c8eef2fe83a22b987d98eb260bbb2df?s=32&d=identicon&r=GTrojan Horace Says:
August 5, 2013 at 2:42 pm | Reply
This info on the UK is now out of date. Thy have just allowed a bunch of licences – highly controversial
0. http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
August 6, 2013 at 11:35 am | Reply
Thanks, you are correct. It’s high time this page was updated! I’m on it!!
19.  13th August 2013 | The Daily Cameron Says:
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20.  http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/da65b5fa5517940c9dafaf91052b7968?s=32&d=identicon&r=GPablo Says:
September 3, 2013 at 4:45 pm | Reply
Allen city, Rio Negro Argentina banned fracking, see you!
21.  http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/da65b5fa5517940c9dafaf91052b7968?s=32&d=identicon&r=GPablo Says:
September 3, 2013 at 4:55 pm | Reply
Please add
-Concepción del Uruguay City, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
-San Jaime de la Frontera, Entre Rios Province, ARG
-La Paz, Entre Rios Province, ARG
-Colón, Entre Rios Province, ARG
-Diamante, Entre RiosProvince, ARG,
- Colonia Avellaneda, Entre Rios Province, ARG,
-Rosario de Tala ,Entre Rios Province, ARG,
- Villaguay ,Entre Rio Provinces, ARG,
-San Carlos, Mendoza Province, ARG
-Tunuyán, Mendoza Province, ARG
-Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
22.  http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1d8bf92cb7ba9b8437ee0e9489de2586?s=32&d=identicon&r=GPaul Felix Schott Says:
September 3, 2013 at 8:07 pm | Reply
Should not the title of this be Ed Rendell Backs His Own Pocket Book.
WE THE PEOPLE need to send Ed Rendell and all local officials that have anything to do with Poisoning are ground and water a message stop worrying get to love Jail.
SAFE DRINKING WATER RUNNING OUT FASTER THEN YOU THINK WORLD WIDE.
Hydraulic Fracturing a Danger to us All.
Why would anyone think we have water to waste.
Some one forgot to tell all about all the poison chemicals that this ungodly Lisa Jackson gave a green light to put in are ground and water.
And help the Industry, so to they will never have to disclose all the poison chemicals they have used. Thank GOD Texas overturned this unjust law.
Only the wicked in mind Leaders in this Nation and around the world would let anyone Pipe Pollution into the ground to get gas in return from the Ground. Most all scientist have know this for many years that this will end safe drinking water for all that are in the area of where they are fracturing, in which Millions of Gallons of Dangerous Poison Chemically Treated Water are forced underground to break up rock and free gas.
We need regulations from GODLY People that will stop 10,000+ wells a year drilled using hydraulic fracturing to free and make the Dangerous Poison Chemicals underground into gas. The primarily affect will be unsafe drinking water and many will become sick.
THE HEALTH OF MANY WILL DETERIORATE because of A Few Wicked Greedy Leaders. Those who have made these decisions do not know Jesus Christ. Soon He will say i know you not. They belong in jail soon it will be hell for them. What sick in mind would let or want anyone to put Dangerous Poison Chemicals underground or into the ground anywhere.
The wicked are trying to sell and tell all if it is not near your home or land it is safe. This is the biggest ling of horse manure. Do they think most of We The People are that dumb or that most Americans lack any intelligence at all. What ever is put on or in the ground makes it way to our underground Aquifers, Rivers, Lakes and the Oceans. Every Scientist on Earth knows this and most all that have made it to eighth grade in school.
So why would any Leader with a good healthy mind ever say or want this?
Vote any wicked that has anything to do with this out of office they work for WE THE PEOPLE. Then need to go to jail. Soon it will be not jail but Hell. Revelation 11:18
Wicked Leaders telling their friends as long as you can cover it up and it will not get back to me it is ok with me. Are you sure we will not go to jail for making money by Polluting the ground and water. Of course not we make the laws to fit our needs not the health and welfare of others or as they used to say We The People. Its now the Wicked Leaders and rich Rule. Till our Lord GOD comes!
Solar Energy the way to go.
Many States Are and are Banning Fracking or Fracturing.
Banned Hydraulic Fracturing
Switzerland
Spain
Austria
South Africa
France
Bulgaria
Ireland
Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Nova Scotia
Québec
Mora County New Mexico enacted a ban, as well as a resolution to change the state constitution to put community rights above corporations.
The State of Vermont
The list is to long, to list all that have
Banned Hydraulic Fracturing.
Archimedes and Albert Einstein These two are at the top of the list of the World’s Greatest Scientists, Viewed by Scientist around the World.
Sad that for the last 25 years or so of every teacher asked no matter what Grade k through 16. At least 80% of them did not know Archimedes.
Even sadder 90% of them could not tell you what one of the most Brilliant Scientist to ever live on Earth.
Won the Nobel Prize for.
It was for the work Albert Einstein did to show the World it could get Free Energy, Electric from the SUN.
(THE PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT).
We still do not teach this to are YOUNG in SCHOOLS why?
Church’s all over the Globe have Gone SOLAR why have not are SCHOOLS ?
There is enough Energy from our SUN to power all are needs and more. Albert Einstein
United We Stand In GOD We Trust
The Lord’s Little Helper
Paul Felix Schott
23.  DataFracking | Fracking en el mundo: estado de situación Says:
September 14, 2013 at 11:11 pm | Reply
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24.  http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
September 18, 2013 at 4:46 pm | Reply
Bowling Green City Council passes fracking ban, Sept 18, 2013
http://www.bgnews.com/city/bowling-green-city-council-passes-fracking-ban/article_3eeffd82-1f4d-11e3-9458-0019bb2963f4.html
25.  Why "Fracking" should be against the Law (Giesen) | Informed Comment Says:
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27.  European Union Votes for Mandatory Fracking Impact Studies | EcoNews Says:
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[…] to fracking has been growing across Europe. France and Bulgaria have banned fracking, according to Keep Tap Water Safe, and Romania and Ireland are considering moratoriums while research continues into the alleged […]
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[…] Зовсім нещодавно перемогу здобув анти-фрекінговий рух Франції – у країні введено повну заборону на використання фрекінгу. В той же час, незважаючи на протистояння промислових кіл, Європейський парламент зобов’язав компанії проводити оцінку впливу на довкілля перед тим, як починати буріння свердловин. А у Литві компанія Шелл відмовилась від намірів добувати сланцевий газ вже після того, як виграла тендер, посилаючись на занадто суворе регулювання зі сторони держави. Раніше, Екзон Мобайл, Талісман та Марафон відкликали свої плани з видобутку в Польші, також звинувачуючи національне законодавство. На сьогодні видобуток сланцевого газу знаходиться під повною чи частковою забороною у багатьох містах і штатах США, містах і країнах Європи. […]
29.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/f28f76dd03d75f857b394fca6145e8cb?s=32&d=identicon&r=GEoin Says:
October 28, 2013 at 2:26 pm | Reply
Hi there,
For the info above in the ban/moratorium section, the U.K. needs updating – please see this link:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/25/uk-britain-cameron-fracking-idUKBRE99O0MP20131025
Thanks
E
30.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/cdbd0dcbf01b829679f0af0c47464bbe?s=32&d=identicon&r=GJulie Lyford Says:
October 29, 2013 at 2:29 am | Reply
Gloucester in NSW Australia is about to face fraccing of 4 wells (3 in a floodplain) in a 110 – 330 CSG well proposal that has been approved by the state and federal govts…and the science is not in yet! 85% of Gloucester residents do not want this, a well will be 300m from family homes…all next to an open cut coal mine and in the most beautiful valley of Gloucester. Look it up..Australia is in a terrible place with its total reliance on fossil fuels and exporting climate change to the world.
There is overwhelming activism arising from ordinary people who are disgusted with govt and industry lies and the risks they are taking with the water, air and environment. We have tried the political process for years……..there is no trust or faith now in NSW in Govt and industry – check out the complete industrialisation of the Gloucester valley…….it is the perfect storm and a full on tragedy.
31.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/ff04859c765e00d608fc4141d2ba7166?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLucas Chiappe Says:
October 31, 2013 at 9:43 am | Reply
Epuyén es el primer municipio chubutense libre de fracking
Por Puerta E
El Concejo Deliberante aprobó el viernes pasado, por unanimidad, la ordenanza que prohíbe la fractura hidráulica en el ejido municipal. La normativa invita al resto de los cuerpos deliberativos de la provincia a adherir a esta prohibición
Con la aprobación de una ordenanza modelo, Epuyén se convirtió en el primer municipio de Chubut en prohibir “la exploración y explotación de gas esquisto y petróleo bituminoso con la utilización del método conocido como ‘fractura hidráulica’, ‘fracking’, ‘estimulación hidráulica’ o cualquier otro método parecido”.
Así lo establece la normativa –sancionada por unanimidad el viernes pasado- que dispone esta prohibición en el ejido municipal- basándose en el respeto del “principio precautorio establecido en la Ley General de Medio Ambiente Nº 25675”.
La ordenanza prohíbe además “el uso del bien común ‘agua’ en todo tipo de actividad de Investigación, Exploración y Explotación de gas, petróleo y otros hidrocarburos no convencionales mediante la técnica de Fractura Hidráulica (Fracking)”.
Asimismo se establece que el Poder ejecutivo, la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y el Concejo Deliberante del Municipio serán los órganos de control y los encargados de hacer cumplir la norma.
Finalmente, se propone invitar al resto de los Concejos Deliberantes de la Provincia “a adherir a la presente Ordenanza”.
Según trascendió, la ordenanza fue redactada por vecinos autoconvocados de Epuyén e integrantes del “Proyecto Lemu” a instancias de la presidenta del Concejo Deliberante de esa localidad.
La ordenanza completa está disponible acá:
http://www.bloglemu.blogspot.com.ar
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LUNES, 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2013
Argentina-Chubut: El HCD de la localidad de Epuyen prohibe el Fracking dentro de su ejido.
El Viernes 27 de Septiembre será recordado en la Comarca Andina del Paralelo 42º como otro hito en la historia reciente de las poblaciones que habitan en esta privilegiada biorregión del N.O. de Chubut.
Es que en esa soleada mañana, el HCD de Epuyen aprobó por unanimidad la primera Ordenanza en la provincia que prohibe, en todo su ejido, la aplicación del “Fracking”, también conocido como “fractura hidráulica”… una tecnología sumamente riesgosa para la salud de las personas y la conservacion del entorno, que están promocionando las corporaciones energéticas trasnacionales, a fin de “rascar el fondo de la olla” del petróleo y gas que aún no ha sido extraido y comercializado.
De esta manera los pobladores de Epuyen vuelven a marcar el rumbo de la precaución y la reflexión en un Planeta Humano que parece haber perdido la brújula y el sentido común, en su frenética búsqueda de recursos económicos a cualquier costa, sin importar las consecuencias ambientales y sociales a corto, mediano y largo plazo…
Ojalá la clara y firme postura asumida por todos los Concejales que componen el Poder Legislativo de esta pequeña localidad cordillerana, vuelva a ser un llamado de atención para las personas que administran momentáneamente nuestros bienes naturales, y que los argumentos que fundamentan esta Ordenanza ayuden a esclarecer el debate oscurecido por el reciente ofrecimiento del Gobierno, de aumentar las regalías que otorga la Provincia, en las localidades que acepten voluntariamente la aplicación de esta tecnología.. a pesar de poner en riesgo la saud y la autonomía en las decisiones a futuro que tomen sus habitantes… Pobladores que, es bueno recordarlo, en su gran mayoría buscan diferenciarse del perfil industrial y contaminante que asola la región alrededor de las cuencas petroleras y gasíferas de toda la Patagonia.
Proteger los pocos valles fértiles de este territorio, los ríos y lagos de aguas cristalinas y los frondosos bosques templados que garantizan una excelente calidad de vida a sus residentes, es sin dudas una apuesta a futuro que agradecerán las próximas generaciones que habiten estos suelos.
32.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/61b433dc01be3bc51f20e77915e600f9?s=32&d=identicon&r=GElisabelle Bourgue Says:
November 1, 2013 at 12:34 pm | Reply
We have realised this document, since 2011 :
http://nofrackingfrance.fr/liste-des-interdictions-du-fracking-et-des-moratoires-suspensifs-dans-le-monde
33.  Lista de países que prohibieron el ‘fracking’. Antecedentes para la discusión - CHAJARIVIRTUAL Noticias | - Estás informado ... Says:
November 8, 2013 at 1:34 pm | Reply
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34.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/6188a4d68318a14eb9ebfb0e205c29ec?s=32&d=identicon&r=GDavid Redwood Says:
November 13, 2013 at 4:15 pm | Reply
Unfortunately New Zealand Government is promoting “fracking” and off shore drilling saying “it is safe” despite concern on the eastern side of the country who really on aquifer water and are subject to earthquakes where the Pacific meets the Australian plates. Heaven help us?
35.  Paul Howes is a Feeble-Minded Frackwit | Archie Butterfly Says:
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37.  The US Dirty Little Secret… Africa & It’s Diaspora Should Know | The Marcus Garvey Initiative Agency Says:
November 16, 2013 at 2:05 pm | Reply
[…] are largely unnecessary. Several towns, regions, and nations, like this recent example and this partial list, have banned or put a moratorium on fracking and are still covering energy needs. Countries like […]
38.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/049ff24aeb1d6de9510d9b431ceb1928?s=32&d=identicon&r=GChar Flum Says:
November 20, 2013 at 11:39 am | Reply
If you consider the amount of methane being released from fracking you will know that Obama is not interested in a long term solution to global warming and he will continue on this path as long as the oil companies run the government.
39.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/3dd41dd40ad89d0bdce1b2fb338ad2ed?s=32&d=identicon&r=GKaren Edelstein Says:
November 22, 2013 at 3:42 pm | Reply
Bowling Green is in Ohio, not in Wisconsin. And voters there did NOT agree to ban the practice hydrofracking. It was narrowly defeated in the November ballot measure. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/11/131105-colorado-ohio-fracking-ban-election-results/ There were some early misunderstandings on the outcome of this vote.
0. http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
November 22, 2013 at 5:32 pm | Reply
thank you, I’ve made the change
1.      http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/3dd41dd40ad89d0bdce1b2fb338ad2ed?s=32&d=identicon&r=GKaren Edelstein Says:
November 22, 2013 at 9:14 pm
But you really might add the additional information/article that although the City Council approved the ban in September, it was voted down in the November election (sadly).
40.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/02a74637e95c6bff1871f1598d2d9fc4?s=32&d=identicon&r=Gsmokinjoewiseman Says:
November 25, 2013 at 12:11 pm | Reply
These companies will poison the water table without remorse – Please share the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v283MunuZaE&feature=share&list=UUK637I8lHwNuxUk39J6sgIA
41.  Work to Stop Hydraulic Fracturing in Illinois « Eco-Justice Collaborative Says:
November 25, 2013 at 2:15 pm | Reply
[…] But fracking threatens the air we breathe, the water we drink, the communities we love and the climate on which we all depend. That’s why over 250 communities in the U.S. have passed resolutions to stop fracking, and why the state of Vermont and countries including France and Germany have stopped it. (see: List of Bans Worldwide). […]
42.  Eleven Things to Give #climatethanks for | Political Ration Says:
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[…] province, state or region who banned or upheld moratoriums on fracking this year: Thank you France, Bulgaria, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Vermont, New Jersey, Quebec, Cantabria in Spain and the island of […]
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[…] province, state or region who banned or upheld moratoriums on fracking this year: Thank you France, Bulgaria, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Vermont, New Jersey, Quebec, Cantabria in Spain and the island of […]
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December 10, 2013 at 3:03 pm | Reply
good to see bans and moratoriums ; some hope for humanity…thanks,…..
45.  TRANSCEND MEDIA SERVICE » Pungesti: Romania’s Battlefield against Chevron Says:
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46.  Nasul TV » Al Jazeera: Pungeşti, câmpul de luptă al României împotriva Chevron Says:
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[…] inexplicabilă, de vreme ce alte ţări europene, precum Franţa, Germania şi Bulgaria, au impus interdicţii sau moratorii în privinţa […]
47.  http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/831e929c21bf55547e4fcf60216f8e09?s=32&d=identicon&r=Gbasia Says:
January 16, 2014 at 7:18 am | Reply
Is there an updated list? This info is old….see UK. David Cameron now bribing councils to go ahead with fracking.
0. http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
January 16, 2014 at 8:53 am | Reply
The Facebook group FrackingHellUK keeps a list — if you click on the “files” tab, you’ll find a wealth of information. I’m also updating the list for a re-post soon. I’d be interested to learn about any new bans currently being sought – so people can support the monumental effort required to achieve one.
48.  Part 1: What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, And Why Don’t I Care? | limitless life Says:
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[…] has elicited enough outrage to make certain politicians impose temporary moratoriums and even bans on that climate-warming, chemical-spewing, flammable faucet-making […]
49.  The Progressive Mind » Article: Part 1: What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, And Why Don’t I Care? | OpEdNews Says:
January 20, 2014 at 1:42 pm | Reply
[…] has elicited enough outrage to make certain politicians impose temporary moratoriums and even bans on that climate-warming, chemical-spewing, flammable faucet-making […]
50.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/39f8994a4aaf3c1546594df683b9ffeb?s=32&d=identicon&r=GTerry Douglas Says:
January 28, 2014 at 1:02 am | Reply
Are they Fracking in these countries Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Panama.
51.  Protecting the Rez: Protecting Mother Earth Campaign Part 2: Ban Hydraulic Fracturing by Matt Remle | Last Real Indians Says:
February 24, 2014 at 1:15 pm | Reply
[…] For a list of Worldwide Bans against Fracking go to http://keeptapwatersafe.org/global-bans-on-fracking/ […]
52.  Los Angeles Becomes Largest City to Approve Fracking Moratorium | Family Survival Protocol - Microcosm News Says:
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[…] L.A. is now the largest city in the U.S. to refuse the dangerous extraction process. Local bans have become an effective protective measure against fracking, and are in place in numerous jurisdictions worldwide including Vermont, Hawaii, areas of New York State, Quebec, and France among many others. […]
53.  L.A. City Council bans fracking Says:
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[…] L.A. is now the largest city in the U.S. to refuse the dangerous extraction process. Local bans have become an effective protective measure against fracking, and are in place in numerous jurisdictions worldwide including Vermont, Hawaii, areas of New York State, Quebec, and France among many others. […]
54.  Los Angeles moves closer to fracking ban Says:
March 3, 2014 at 4:30 am | Reply
[…] Delaware Watershed organization Keep Tap Water Safe has been keeping a running tab on activity on local fracking bans, as well as moratoriums and organized movements to ban […]
55.  http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/5b5ab66f0caf7475c1eda0f0259a2999?s=32Frack Bans Expanding | Keep Tap Water Safe Says:
March 4, 2014 at 12:16 pm | Reply
[…] been updating the List of Bans Worldwide page regularly. Thankfully, the list will never be finished. Bans against hydraulic fracking, […]
56.  NewsSprocket- U.S. Geological Survey confirms: Human activity caused 5.7 quake in Oklahoma | NewsSprocket Says:
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[…] of safety measures which cost money and diligence and sometimes falls through the cracks.Sources:keeptapwatersafe.org…www.latimes.com…I guess I just see it as not so black and white. We could both be right, as […]
57.  Resource Media - Drilling vs the American Dream: Fracking impacts on property rights and home values Says:
March 14, 2014 at 3:55 pm | Reply
[…] and federal regulations, however, more and more communities are starting to fight back by passing local laws restricting or banning fracking within their borders. Pittsburgh became the first to take matters into its own hands with an ordinance in 2010. Since […]
58.  “Our Fears Have Not Been Allayed”: The Limits of Regulatory Powers Over Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction Techniques | Streetsblog Los Angeles Says:
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[…] it could be effective, she said, ticking off a long list of other communities whose residents, apparently frustrated at the slow pace of regulation and the interference of […]
59.  http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4202a5ea23f38588b11eb44aff26536b?s=32&d=identicon&r=GCatherine Cheung Says:
March 15, 2014 at 9:53 pm | Reply
Your list of states and countries where fracking has been banned or a moratorium has been put in place is very useful. Rather than duplicating effort and information, we’ve provided a link to your page on our website: http://climatejusticetaranaki.wordpress.com/lock-the-gate/ We’d like to point out that the Victoria state of Australia has had a moratorium since 2012: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/victorian-ban-on-fracking-to-stay-until-2015-20131121-2xxau.html
60.  Dear Fracking Industry: It's Time for a New Story - Future 500 Says:
March 18, 2014 at 5:54 pm | Reply
[…] city to place a moratorium on fracking, joining Dallas, Hawaii County, Vermont, New York and many other cities and countries skeptical that the technique is safe for communities and ecosystems. And even as the momentous […]
61.  You can stop fracking right now! Its easy as 1, 2, 3! – E is for Energy Says:
March 21, 2014 at 5:42 am | Reply
[…] can add the UK to a growing list of places around the world that have already BANNED […]
62.  http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/12473e8d51f6e93aa0c8788cb3362d2b?s=32Obama’s in Brussels to Negotiate a ‘Polluters Pact’ | Tameside Green Party Says:
March 24, 2014 at 9:55 am | Reply
[…] fight against fracking is being won, at least for now. 9 European countries have implemented either regional bans or national moratoriums (Luxembourg, France, Bulgaria, Czech Rep, Austria, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Denmark). In a world […]
63.  http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/587b4189576611c9e201077d963b2060?s=32&d=identicon&r=GJacquie Vigneux Says:
March 25, 2014 at 1:40 am | Reply
In Canada, Newfundland Nov 04, 2013
http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2013-11-04/article-3465585/Moratorium-on-fracking-announced-by-Newfoundland-government/1
64.  European Alternatives » Shale gas, global capital, global resistance Says:
March 26, 2014 at 7:17 am | Reply
[…] houses in areas around shale gas exploitation and hundreds of towns and communities have voted to ban the method on their territory while others have simply left […]
65.  http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2baf43da055fa8bd61ca63c7599c37e6?s=32&d=identicon&r=GTerree Hugger Says:
April 1, 2014 at 7:35 am | Reply
Hi, I was keen to use this document, for obvious reasons, but was a bit disappointed to note a mistake –
‘The United Kingdom
The British Government has rejected shale gas technology as a solution to Britain’s energy crisis, conceding it will do little to cut bills or keep the lights on.’
This is absolutely not the case and our UK government are currently using police brutality to force test-drilling through at sites here. No offence, but would you be able to amend this point and check your other details – pro-frackers leap on any mistakes we make and we need to keep our arguments water-tight. Many thanks for the document, however, and good luck!
0. http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
April 2, 2014 at 2:28 pm | Reply
thanks for pointing it out. please note, that’s in the Original Post which is from 2012. many updates have been added since. I edited per your suggestion and, hopefully, made it clearer.
0.    http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2baf43da055fa8bd61ca63c7599c37e6?s=32&d=identicon&r=GTerree Hugger Says:
April 2, 2014 at 5:40 pm
Very grateful, Liz. Many thanks.
66.  http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2baf43da055fa8bd61ca63c7599c37e6?s=32&d=identicon&r=GTerree Hugger Says:
April 2, 2014 at 5:40 pm | Reply
Very grateful, Liz. Many thanks.
0. http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
April 3, 2014 at 8:31 am | Reply
Thank you. I promise to keep updating the list – happily, it’s a monumental task!
1. http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
April 4, 2014 at 11:11 am | Reply
btw, here’s one of the most important lists I know, updated and maintained by PA Alliance for Clean Water and Air: http://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/
67.  France Simply Won't Give Into Fracking - CleanTechies Says:
April 3, 2014 at 2:26 pm | Reply
[…] Other nations in the European Union such as Bulgaria and Germany have banned fracking. Many more countries in the region and around the world are considering forbidding the technique. […]
68.  http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/587b4189576611c9e201077d963b2060?s=32&d=identicon&r=GJacquie Says:
April 7, 2014 at 2:46 am | Reply
Thanks Liz for the phenomenal work you do.
69.  Unconventional Shale Gas- Should India pursue it? | For the Changing Planet Says:
April 20, 2014 at 10:50 pm | Reply
[…] 4. http://keeptapwatersafe.org/global-bans-on-fracking/ […]
70.  http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/3e7321491ac4904f3575b6bfd7f24b1d?s=32&d=identicon&r=GRaymond Cusson Says:
May 5, 2014 at 7:35 am | Reply
Please add Newfoundland, Canada who has declared a ban on fracking since November 2013
Thanks!
Raymond Cusson
Newfoundland
0. http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7a7fa618d22cce3d1ac35bf5c7665914?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLiz Rosenbaum Says:
May 5, 2014 at 9:16 am | Reply
done. many thanks!
71.  http://i0.wp.com/graph.facebook.com/673772049/picture?q=type%3Dlarge%26_md5%3D4429bc89dba560eadb133e9f8903f168&resize=32%2C32Rusty Kilpatrick Says:
May 10, 2014 at 1:04 am | Reply
Sadly local councils may ban fracking in Australia, but that does not over ride state or federal laws about mining and who can mine what anywhere in Australia. There is a big blockade protest action happening right now at Bentley northen NSW where they are trying to get a CSG mine in and I hope they don’t and that we get a Moratorium on fracking again and we can then get a ban on it fully in this state and federally.
72.  How Fracking Destroys the American Dream | Chicago Activism Says:
May 15, 2014 at 11:17 pm | Reply
[…] federal regulations, however, more and more communities are starting to fight back by passing local laws restricting or banning fracking within their borders. Pittsburgh became the first to take matters into its own hands with an ordinance in 2010. Since […]
73.  7. Um welche Regulierungsbereiche geht es genau? « de.NewsKitchen.eu Says:
May 21, 2014 at 5:34 am | Reply
[…] gescheitert. Sowohl innerhalb der EU als auch in einigen Regionen der USA gibt es jeweils ein Moratorium auf Fracking. Zu den Ländern in der EU mit einem Moratorium gehören neben deutschen Bundesländern (wie z. B. […]
74.  Shale rush in Argentina as oil majors spend billions on fracking. : Jeremy Leggett's Triple Crunch Log Says:
May 30, 2014 at 7:19 am | Reply
[…] “While many countries, including France, Germany and South Africa, have banned or delayed their embrace of fracking, one country is taking a full-steam-ahead approach to the unconventional […]
75.  Fracking Impacts on Property Rights and Home Values Says:
May 31, 2014 at 7:21 pm | Reply
[…] and federal regulations, however, more and more communities are starting to fight back by passing local laws restricting or banning fracking within their borders. Pittsburgh became one of the first to take matters into its own hands with an ordinance in 2010. […]
76.  http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/bce889ff8346ff91b2adfc14d476a45d?s=32&d=identicon&r=GLouise Bailey Says:
June 5, 2014 at 12:49 pm | Reply
Need to update North Carolina
77.  InterAmerican Security Watch – Monitoring Threats to Regional Stability » Blog Archive » Fracking: Could Mexico’s Water Scarcity Render It’s Energy Sector Reforms Self-Defeating? Says:
June 12, 2014 at 8:32 am | Reply
[…] In many countries, including the U.S., France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands and Australia, fracking has been partially banned or delayed on environmental concerns. Also known as hydraulic fracturing, fracking is a controversial oil and gas producing method that relies on injecting massive amounts of water, chemicals and sand into the earth to break up rocks to free up oil and gas reserves buried deep underground. […]











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The centrepiece of Barack Obama’s climate policy, announced this month, limits greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants largely by cutting the country’s reliance on coal. The policy was touted as a major piece of the President’s environmental legacy but it raised an important question: what will happen to America’s coal—the largest recoverable reserves in the world?

It’s a question that could soon have an answer. With coal demand at home expected to fall by 20 per cent due to new regulations, and competitive pressure from low-priced natural gas, coal companies are now pushing to increase exports to Asia. China in particular consumes almost half of the world’s coal—and in recent years demand has soared. Three new coal-export ports are being proposed for the Pacific coast: two in Washington state and one in Oregon. They could eventually ship up to 100 million tons of coal per year—an amount equivalent to the total volume of coal the U.S. will export this year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA). “We view the Northwest port terminals as advantageous locations for exports to Asia—the most efficient location for exporting to countries that are going to be generating strong demand for coal,” says Nancy Gravatt, a spokeswoman for the National Mining Association, the U.S. industry group. Top Asian destinations are China, South Korea, India and Japan.

U.S. coal exports have already been growing, from five per cent of production in 2000 to 12 per cent in 2013, or 118 million tons, according to the EIA. Environmentalists warn that emissions from that volume of coal would dwarf the savings from Obama’s new power plant rule. They won’t count toward America’s national tally, but they’ll enter the global atmosphere all the same. Kelly Mitchell, a coal campaigner for the environmental group Greenpeace, says it is “hypocritical” that the Obama administration “can talk a good game on climate and still move forward on coal.”

The port approvals are a state matter, but the Obama administration does have a role to play in shaping the fate of coal exports. That’s because the coal that would go through the new ports would come from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, where 80 per cent of the coal resource is owned by the federal government. The basin produces some 400 million tons of coal per year.
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Stuart G
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freedom fighter jh
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IronLionZion
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DamnYankeeInHouston
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mountain grammy
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LineNew Replythe energy companies want permision to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil also.
Leme
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truebrit71
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burfman
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1. Oh shit....my first responce. Our coal pollutes Chinese air...????no text
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3. Yes, as well as world air.
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Part of the problem is air pollution in China. I hear it's so bad that at times you can't see across the street. I heard of a man sending his son away to a place where he could get some clean air to grow on.

But this power plant rule is an effort to control the emission of greenhouse gases. The effect of greenhouse gas emission is worldwide; burning coal in China has the same effect on worldwide atmospheric CO2 as does burning coal in the US. And it's worldwide atmospheric CO2 that causes climate change.
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5. You can't see the sun
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I've gone to China for work before. You can look directly at the sun in the middle of the day and not be sure its the sun and it won't hurt your eyes, because the smog is so thick. I thought maybe it was the moon when I first saw it. Air quality is piss poor over there. I'm sure they all have bad respiratory issues. My asthma was killing me.
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2. There is no Chinese air. We all breathe the same air.
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4. It's all good. It's a different planet, like Fukushima....
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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:38 AM
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6. Santa needs all that coal for Republican stockings.... sorry China
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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:42 AM
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7. the energy companies want permision to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil also.
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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:18 AM
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8. Glad to hear the Obama administration has authority over much of the Powder River Basin.
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We can rest assured it is staying in the ground and if we elect HRC, we can offer it the same protection for four more.
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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 11:03 AM
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9. So you think President "Clean Coal" won't approve this?
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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 11:47 AM
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10. The future for China is going toward wind not coal - they are not stupid.....
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China currently has more wind power than the US and they seem to be building and installing them faster than us.

Even if we offer to sell our coal to them, what do they want with it, they have to breath too....

Maybe we should be selling things to China that they actually need so we can pay for the stuff that WallMart stocks their shelves with.


Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_China
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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 03:06 PM
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11. China is growing ALL of it's energy sources
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Yes, they're installing wind faster than anyone else, as well as solar.

But they're also building nuclear faster than anyone else and STILL building brand-new coal-fired plants faster than anyone else.

They're also exploring their own unconventional gas reserves, in the hope that they can start fracking just like the US http://www.democraticunderground.com/emoticons/puke.gif

And the Chinese apparently think they have the solution to how to burn coal AND keep the Chinese people from revolting over edible air: http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140213/chinas-plan-clean-air-cities-will-doom-climate-scientists-say
China is erecting huge industrial complexes in remote areas to convert coal to synthetic fuel that could make the air in its megacities cleaner. But the complexes use so much energy that the carbon footprint of the fuel is almost double that of conventional coal and oil, spelling disaster for earth's climate, a growing chorus of scientists is warning.
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Workers unload coal at a storage site along a railway station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province September 11, 2007. Sheng Li/Reuters
Workers unload coal at a storage site along a railway station in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning province September 11, 2007. Sheng Li/Reuters
The centrepiece of Barack Obama’s climate policy, announced this month, limits greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants largely by cutting the country’s reliance on coal. The policy was touted as a major piece of the President’s environmental legacy but it raised an important question: what will happen to America’s coal—the largest recoverable reserves in the world?
It’s a question that could soon have an answer. With coal demand at home expected to fall by 20 per cent due to new regulations, and competitive pressure from low-priced natural gas, coal companies are now pushing to increase exports to Asia. China in particular consumes almost half of the world’s coal—and in recent years demand has soared. Three new coal-export ports are being proposed for the Pacific coast: two in Washington state and one in Oregon. They could eventually ship up to 100 million tons of coal per year—an amount equivalent to the total volume of coal the U.S. will export this year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA). “We view the Northwest port terminals as advantageous locations for exports to Asia—the most efficient location for exporting to countries that are going to be generating strong demand for coal,” says Nancy Gravatt, a spokeswoman for the National Mining Association, the U.S. industry group. Top Asian destinations are China, South Korea, India and Japan.
U.S. coal exports have already been growing, from five per cent of production in 2000 to 12 per cent in 2013, or 118 million tons, according to the EIA. Environmentalists warn that emissions from that volume of coal would dwarf the savings from Obama’s new power plant rule. They won’t count toward America’s national tally, but they’ll enter the global atmosphere all the same. Kelly Mitchell, a coal campaigner for the environmental group Greenpeace, says it is “hypocritical” that the Obama administration “can talk a good game on climate and still move forward on coal.”
The port approvals are a state matter, but the Obama administration does have a role to play in shaping the fate of coal exports. That’s because the coal that would go through the new ports would come from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, where 80 per cent of the coal resource is owned by the federal government. The basin produces some 400 million tons of coal per year.
The U.S. federal government, through the Bureau of Land Management, leases the lands to coal companies and collects royalties, which are shared with the state. Since 2009, the Obama administration has sold leases for more than two billion tons of coal in the Powder River Basin for rates as low as $1 per ton, drawing the wrath of critics, including some in Congress, who say too much coal is being leased too cheaply. (Coal from the Powder River Basin is worth about $13 per ton.)
“On the one hand, these power plant regulations are the strongest thing President Obama has ever done on climate change—and at the same time, the Bureau of Land Management is putting into the pipeline billions of tons of coal that, if burned, would dwarf a lot of the progress we have been making,” says Greenpeace’s Mitchell.
As it reviews its long-term plans for the leases, which could eventually put another 10 billion tons of coal up for auction, the administration has so far resisted calls to include carbon emissions abroad in its decision-making. “The administration is not even looking at those questions,” says Shannon Anderson, an organizer at the Powder River Basin Resource Council, a Wyoming environmental group.
The three proposed projects are the Millennium Bulk Coal Export Terminal in Longview, Wash., the Gateway Pacific Terminal, in Cherry Point, Wash., and the Morrow Pacific Project, in Boardman, Ore. Supporters of the port projects say they will create 10,000 jobs and bring $1.5 billion in private investment into the Pacific Northwest. The new ports would also benefit industries such as timber and agriculture, they contend. Meanwhile, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, who visited Washington state this month to advocate for the ports, said his state draws more than 70 per cent of its revenues from mining and fossil fuel extraction.
Supporters argue that Asian countries will buy the coal somewhere. “That demand will be met one way or another—so it would be a missed opportunity for the United States not to take advantage,” says Gravatt. The Powder River Basin coal also has an unusually low-sulfur content that creates less pollution than other varieties of coal. Plus, notes Gravatt, China has invested heavily in advanced clean-coal technology.
But energy economist Thomas Power, a research professor at the University of Montana, says the exports will reduce prices, raise consumption and reduce investment in other technologies. “The Powder River Basin is one of the largest, cheapest sources of coal in the world,” he says. “If you lower the prices of something, you use more.”
While the port issue has drawn mainly local protests in the Pacific Northwest, national environmentalists are also taking note. “You can’t make the math of climate change work at all if you get the huge coal deposits of the Powder River Basin out and pour them in the atmosphere,” Bill McKibben, a U.S. activist climate organizer who has also led the national campaign against Canada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, said in an Internet video last year.
(Some Wyoming coal is already exported to Asia through ports in British Columbia. The province’s biggest coal-export port, Westshore Terminals, south of Vancouver, says it’s running at full capacity and expects more export activity as a result of Obama’s new rule. There is also a proposal to expand coal exports through a port in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey to meet rising demand.)
The most decisive question could be this: does China still want the coal?
For a while, coal demand looked to be insatiable in the rapidly industrializing country. Demand in China increased almost fivefold between 1980 and 2010, according to the EIA. The U.S. government projected last year that Chinese coal consumption will grow by an average of two per cent per year through 2040. But more recently, China’s coal market seems to be changing. Under pressure from middle-class citizens angry about the health effects of staggering air pollution, Chinese authorities have been announcing plans to cut emissions and to move to cleaner fuels, such as natural gas and nuclear energy.
Some financial firms are now arguing that Chinese coal demand is uncertain. The Wall Street analysis firm Bernstein Research published a bearish report last year with the ominous subtitle, “The beginning of the end of coal,” predicting that China could stop importing coal as early as next year and begin reducing overall coal consumption by 2016. “All industrialized economies reach the point where the collective decision is made that—while cheap sneakers are nice—it is better to have someone else pollute their air, their water and their soil in order to produce the high-tops. China—at least coastal China—has reached that point. The coal sector is, in coming years, the biggest loser from this development,” the analysts wrote.
The report also noted that as China grows wealthier, the service sector, which uses one-sixth the energy of manufacturing, has grown from 39 per cent of the economy in 2000 to 45 per cent in 2012. Citigroup’s research arm put out a similarly pessimistic report, warning of “Peak coal in China” and arguing that “significant shifts in China’s economy and power sector are now under way that demand a reassessment of Chinese coal’s perpetual climb.”
The economist Power says China, formerly a net exporter of coal, is once again set to supply more of its own coal thanks to a massive transformation of its mining sector. “These were household or village-like coal mines, thousands of them. It was dirty, primitive and dangerous—literally people carrying coal out in baskets on their heads,” he says. China has recently built large mines with modern safety standards, he says.
Where does that leave America’s coal producers? The miners remain optimistic. “Demand for exports will continue to grow because China is still going through a fairly massive industrial revolution,” says Gravatt.
But the environmentalists are starting to make their mark. Washington state announced in February that it will conduct a sweeping environmental study of the proposed ports that will include a look at the impact of burning the coal abroad. They did not set a deadline for completion.





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Hydraulic fracturing has become a contentious environmental and health issue with Tunisia and France banning the practice and a moratorium in place in Quebec (Canada), and some of the states of the US.

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Australia[edit]

Up until the mid-2000s, hydraulic fracturing was generally limited to conventional oil and gas wells in the Cooper Basin. This was limited to one, two or sometimes zero ongoing fracturing operations.[citation needed] The vast majority of coal seam gas wells have not been hydraulically fractured as the wells presently being drilled are in coal seams that have good natural permeability.[citation needed] The NSW Government has banned BTEX chemicals as additives.[1]

Bulgaria[edit]

A number of protests occurred in Bulgaria after the government's decision to grant an approval for Chevron Corporation to research the possibilities of shale gas extraction in the country's northeast in 2011. After a nationwide protest in January 2012, the government decided to ban the hydraulic fracturing technology.[2][3]
A December 2012 article in Foreign Affairs suggested that Russia, to preserve the high price it receives for gas exports, has financed environmental groups in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic to oppose hydraulic fracturing; arguing that there aren't normally large protests in those countries.[4]

Canada[edit]

Fracking has been in common use by the petroleum industry in Canada since at least the mid-1960s.[5] Massive hydraulic fracturing has been widely used in Alberta since the late 1970s to recover gas from low-permeability sandstones of the Spirit River Formation.[6] The method is currently used in development of the Cardium, Duvernay, Montney and Viking in Alberta, Bakken in Saskatchewan, Montney and Horn River in British Columbia.
Concerns about fracking began in late July 2011, when the Government of British Columbia gave Talisman Energy a long-term water licence to draw water from the BC Hydro-owned Williston Lake reservoir, for a twenty-year term. Fracking has also received criticism in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and the Nova Scotia government is currently reviewing the practice, with recommendations expected in March 2012. The practice has been temporarily suspended in parts of Quebec, pending an environmental review. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has also expressed concern.[7]
During October 2013 public conflict began between the Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick and the hydraulic fracturing company SWN. Fuelling the conflict were SWN's plans to use the land of the Elsipogtog Nation for fracking. The First Nations people of the area had previously raised concerns about the environmental impacts of fracking as well as the government's failure to consult with them.[8] Public protests began when the First Nations people realized their voice was not being heard. Much of the media coverage on the protests has portrayed the First Nations people as violent and destructive. However, what most people do not know is that the land in question is legally First Nation land. The Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1760-1761 did not cede land or resources,[9][unreliable source?] the government of Canada does not own the land and therefore cannot legally permit SWN to use the land for fracking purposes.[citation needed] On December 6, SWN announced it was stopping fracking for the year, leaving the job incomplete.[9]

China[edit]

China completed its first horizontal shale gas well in 2011. A global shale gas study by the US Energy Information Administration said China's technically recoverable shale gas reserves were almost 50% higher than those of the number two nation, the United States.[10]

Denmark[edit]

In 2012, the first research for shale gas has begun in Denmark, where Total E&P Denmark B.V., a subsidiary of Total S.A., has been granted two exploration licenses in collaboration with the Danish State's oil- and gas company, Nordsøfonden.[11] The exploration license, which runs until 2016, covers the two areas Nordjylland and Nordsjælland, where the geological characteristics are expected to provide the best potential for shale gas.[12]
Danish national media have so far covered both pros and cons of shale gas production and fracking,[13][14] and a minor NGO has been formed to protest against shale gas.[15] The acknowledged green think tank Concito has produced a report that states, that it will be both practically and technically feasible to establish shale gas production in Denmark without having to fear of contamination of drinking water or the release of methane from wells.[16]

France[edit]

Hydraulic fracturing was banned in France in 2011 after public pressure.[17][3][18][19] It was based on the precautionary principle as well as the principal of preventive and corrective action of environmental hazards, using the best available techniques with an acceptable economic cost to insure the protection, the valuation, the restoration, management of spaces, resources and natural environments, of animal and vegetal species, of ecological diversity and equilibriums.[20] The ban was upheld by an October 2013 ruling of the Constitutional Council following complaints by US-based Schuepbach Energy.[21]

Germany[edit]

Massive hydraulic fracturing of gas wells in tight sandstone began in Germany in 1975, and became common during the period 1978-1985, when more wells received massive hydraulic fracs in Germany than in any other European country. Germany also had the largest hydraulic fracturing jobs in Europe, using up to 650 tonnes of proppant per well. Most German fracs used water- or oil-based gels.[22] The most popular target formation for hydraulic fracturing was the Rotliegend Sandstone. Hydraulically fractured wells are today the source of most of German natural gas production.[23]
In February 2013, the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel announced draft regulations that would allow for the exploitation of shale gas deposits using the same fracking techniques common in the U.S., with the exception only of wetland areas that make up just over 10% of German territory. The draft legislation had come from the Federal Department of Economics, then headed by the party head of Merkels coalition partner, the pro-business free Democracts.[24] This policy was said to be motivated by fears that consistently high energy costs were harming German industry, facing competitors for example from the U.S. where energy prices had shrunk to less than 25% of German energy costs.[25]
However these plans immediately drew massive critique both from opposition parties and elements of Merkel's own CDU, as well as from major NGOs, large parts of the press and the general public. Within less than a month, the original plan was put on ice for the foreseeable future and a moratorium was declared. Ever since shale gas fracking has de facto been banned in Germany and the stance of the newly formed Grand Coalition government expressed in the coalition treaty is that unconventional gas exploration will not be pursued in the country under this government. Here is an excerpt from the coalition contract:[26]
Fracking
According to available studies on its environmental relevance, the fracking technology in unconventional natural gas production - particularly in shale gas production - is a technology with enormous potential risks. The effects on humans, nature and the environment are scientifically not yet sufficiently clarified. Drinking water and health have absolute priority for us.
We reject the use of environmentally toxic substances in the application of fracking technology for exploration and extraction of unconventional natural gas deposits. A request for approval can only be decided upon when the necessary data basis for evaluation exists and is clarified beyond doubt that any adverse change in water quality can be ruled out (precautionary principle of the Water Resources Act). The disposal of flowback from fracking operations with the use environmentally toxic chemicals in injection wells is currently not justifiable due to lack of knowledge of the risks involved.
The Coalition will work - with the involvement of federal states and science - in a collaborative process with the companies. The industry will need to explain the specific objectives of their explorations campaigns which specific findings to eliminate gaps in knowledge and to provide a sufficient basis for possible subsequent steps. This should be done in a transparent process. In a dialogue with all stakeholders - under the auspices of the scientific community - research results will be shared and discussed. The Coalition will soon submit legal changes for a better protection of the drinking water in the Water Provision Act and new Regulations on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for mining projects. A mandatory EIA and public participation will be required for the licensing of exploration and production of natural gas from unconventional deposits.
Although German laws de jure explicitly prohibit only the use of hydraulic fracturing in designated water preserves, fracking operations generally need be authorized by the government, which has publicly declared a moratorium until long-term damage to residents or the environment brought about by fracking can be ruled out or until alternative extraction methods become available that don't rely on the injection of toxic chemicals.

Ireland[edit]

In Northern Ireland, Tamboran Resources has tested sites in County Fermanagh which they claim could supply gas to Northern Ireland for years to come.[27] Tamboran Resources also has a license for gas exploration and plan to proceed hydraulic fracturing in the Lough Allen basin area of County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland. The CEO of Tamboran Resources has declared a “zero-chemical hydraulic fracturing” pledge, but that has been declared as illusionary (https://sites.google.com/site/frackingireland/open-letter-to-the-members-of-the-31st-dail-eireann-hydraulic-shale-gas-fracturing---tamborans-claims---chemicals-involved-in-the-fracking-procedure). The Protest group "No Fracking Ireland" has been set up by locals of counties Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo and petitions against hydraulic fracturing are still ongoing.[28]

Netherlands[edit]

In the Netherlands, over 200 wells have so far been hydraulically fractured. Between 2007 and 2011, 22 wells (9 onshore and 13 offshore) were hydraulically fractured.[29] [30]

New Zealand[edit]

Main article: Hydraulic fracturing in New Zealand
In New Zealand, hydraulic fracturing is part of petroleum exploration and extraction on a small scale mainly in Taranaki and concerns have been raised by environmentalists.[31][32]

Poland[edit]

Poland is aggressively developing its shale gas reserves, thought to be the largest in Europe, though the latest estimate is significantly lower than that previously provided by the U.S. Department of Energy.[33][34] A Polish Geological Institute study published in March 2012 concluded that, while fracking at one site had produced toxic waste, the latter was reused and did not harm the environment,[35] though critics said the study was carried out at the start of exploration in Poland and does not reflect dangers from a long-term activity.[36] Large-scale fracking in Poland would relieve some of the EU's dependency on Russian gas,[37][38] but the East European state is densely populated and has a large agricultural sector, meaning the massive amounts of water required for fracking have raised additional concerns.[39]

Romania[edit]

On 17 October 2013 people in the Pungesti village protested against hydraulic fracturing done by Chevron. One hundred policemen were sent to stop the protest.[citation needed] The land on which Chevron is trying to build the well belonged to the village council but was acquired by the mayor in a way contested by the villagers. The mayor is presumed to have been paid by Chevron in order to permit the building of a gas-well.[citation needed] On December 6 and 7, 2013 protesters tried to stop MIF S.A. a contractor for Chevron from starting the work at this site and the government brought one thousand strong riot-police force to keep the protesters away. Protesters clashed with the police and there were about 50 arrests made. Many protesters claimed they were abused and injured by the government forces. The county police chief instituted a state of necessity barring citizens to travel in or out of that area, imposed a curfew and interdicted any public assembly.[40]

South Africa[edit]

Main article: Hydraulic fracturing in South Africa
Currently around 77% of South Africa's energy generation comes from coal.[41] By the time the last two coal-fired plants come on line, including the world's 4th largest coal-fired power plant, it is estimated that South Africa will be generating 94% of its domestic energy from coal.[42] The South African government is currently (2014) strongly campaigning for fracking to be rolled-out across much of the country to act as a "bridge-fuel" between coal and alternative fuels.[43] However, recent studies show that far from being a cleaner bridge-fuel, the loss of methane to the environment through leakage from fracking rigs is considerable.[44] This means that a move to natural gas is far worse than continuing with coal power in the short- and medium-term, and constitutes a considerable contribution to global greenhouse emissions.[45]
Three companies have received permits to frack roughly 1/5th of the area of South Africa[46] Shell's portion covers roughly 90,000km2, Falcon's covers 32,000km2, and Challenger Energy's (Bundu) covers 3,200km2. Due to considerable public pressure, a temporary moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for shale gas in South Africa's Karoo region was imposed in July 2011, to examine concerns about safety and environmental degradation, particularly that of water safety.[39][47] Following the announcement of the moratorium in April 2011, a task team appointed by Mineral Resources minister Susan Shabangu was appointed to investigate the feasibility and environmental impact on fracking. The moratorium was lifted on the 7 September 2012, with the team's report not having been made public, and the task team having "met in total secrecy".[48]

Rationale for lifting the moratorium[edit]

The government's rationale for lifting the moratorium included the creation of up to 700 000 jobs, an injection into the economy of up to 200 billion rand ($19.56 billion) a year, and the reduction of reliance on coal energy.[49] With an estimated 13.7 trillion cubic meters of recoverable gas, one study claims that the Karoo could hold enough gas to supply South Africa for 400 years.[50] Despite these benefits, activists vehemently opposed the move by the government and the ruling party, the ANC, and made a series of well-publicised protests at the end of September 2012.[51] Companies are allowed to proceed with the initial stages of exploration, including geological field mapping and other data gathering activities, until such time as an appropriate regulatory framework has been put in place. Actual fracking activities, essential during the later stages of exploration when determining the financial viability of a potential project, would for the time being remain prohibited until a legal framework has been completed. Initial exploration would go a long way towards confirming whether the Karoo indeed held the estimated technically recoverable resource of 485 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas.[52]

Opposition to fracking[edit]

However, local South African campaigners argue that exploration represents the thin-edge of the corporate wedge, and should not even go ahead in the face of gross environmental impacts, increasing evidence of air pollution and groundwater contamination, and considerable health impacts.[53] Environmental campaigners point out that many of the jobs will go to foreign expertise, little of the money will end up in local hands, and that fracking is not a "bridge" fuel as it produces as much greenhouse emissions as coal.[54] The karoo, famous for the quality of its lamb, is an arid region that it is largely reliant on underground water for agriculture and drinking supplies. Fears of water contamination across the United States are equally as applicable to fracking in South Africa. Cases mapped by Earthjustice,[55] present over 1000 reports of accidental releases of oil or gas in 2011 for North Dakota alone.[56] One example of contamination is that of landowner in Washington County, George Zimmerman, whose previously uncontaminated water was retested after five fracking wells were drilled on his property. Tests found arsenic levels 2,600 times the federally acceptable level, benzene at 44 times above the standard and naphthalene at five times the standard.[57] Farmers in southwest Pennsylvania blame cattle deaths and mutations on local fracking.[58] Other complaints attributed to tainted water include children's sickness, skin rashes and neurological disorders.[58]
Organisations in South Africa that oppose fracking include Earthlife Africa, Greenpeace, CASABIO, The Home of Biodiversity, The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA), a Facebook group Stop Fracking, and Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG). Jonathan Deal, CEO of TKAG has also helped form the Sustainable Alternatives to Fracking and Exploration (SAFE) Alliance.[59] This alliance includes The Wilderness Foundation, TKAG, The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), and the African Conservation Trust (ACT).

Notable meetings[edit]

In August 2011, a public forum was held at Kelvin Grove in Cape Town by Shell's environmental consultant, Golder Associates. Lewis Pugh delivered a speech which received a standing ovation from the attending public. He stated that: Never, ever did I think that there would be a debate in this arid country about which was more important – gas or water. We can survive without gas... We cannot live without water. If we damage our limited water supply – and fracking will do just that – we will have conflict again here in South Africa. His final statement was: I have no doubt, that in the end, good will triumph over evil. After Pugh's speech, Bonang Mohale, Shell's representative, announced in reference to fracking that: We will leave the Karoo better than it was when we found it, and: There is zero chance that there will be any contamination of the water. Mohale was effectively silenced by his colleagues after ongoing derision at his statements from the public. Shell was also asked what would happen to the gas. A Shell representative replied that: Shell doesn't expect the gas reserves to be very large, therefore they will be generating electricity and distributing it directly.[60] Shell also agreed to disclose the chemicals they would use in fracking, their water sources and waste disposal methodology. To date (February 2014), Shell has not been forthcoming with any of these details.

Water boreholes[edit]

Hydraulic fracturing has regularly been used to improve the performance of water boreholes. In the case of water boreholes it is often referred to as hydrofracturing. From 1990 to 1992, 170 boreholes had been hydrofractured in South Africa.[61]

Tunisia[edit]

Members of the Constituent Assembly belonging to president Moncef Marzouki's party, the Congress For the Republic, have sponsored a bill for the moratorium of hydraulic fracturing on February 6, 2014.[62]

United Kingdom[edit]

Main article: Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom
Although hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom has been common in North Sea oil and gas fields since the late 1970s,[63] and has been used in about 200 British onshore oil and gas wells since the early 1980s, the technique did not attract public attention until its use was proposed for onshore shale gas wells in 2007.[64] As of Jan 2014, the only hydraulic fracturing job that has been performed for shale gas in the United Kingdom was by Cuadrilla Resources in 2011. Other companies have exploration licenses. The process was unofficially suspended for nearly a year in the UK from June 2011 after safety concerns emerged from the occurrence of two small earthquakes, but an expert report in April 2012 concluded the practice could continue under stricter monitoring.[65]
The Royal Academy of Engineering under the banner of the Royal Society published a report in June 2012 that covered all aspects of the technology, and this has informed extensive legislation with the many government licensing authorities, including the requirement that only non hazardous chemicals may be used.. (See Hydraulic Fracturing in the UK for complete details).
Protest groups have emerged since April 2012, with a major nationwide group being Frack Off with further local groups.[66] As of 2013 the government was optimistic about development of the shale gas industry and was offering favorable tax treatment at a time when local budgets are being slashed.[67]

United States[edit]

Main article: Hydraulic fracturing in the United States
A modification of the fracking technique, called slickwater fracking, was used in Texas in 1998 to drill for natural gas from the Barnett Shale.[68] Shale has cracks, which can collect gas if there are hydrocarbons present in the shale. Fracking is used to create a reservoir in the shale by enlarging the cracks and extending them, and by inserting sand to prop the cracks open. This type of drilling was made possible by a number of advances in directional drilling and microseismic 3-dimensional imaging supported by the Department of Energy and other federal agencies,[69] Drilling into shale now accounts for 30 percent of US gas production.[70]
This method of drilling has become controversial because of the complaints, from some residents of the areas, about pollution and potential health effects.
Hydraulic fracturing for the purpose of oil, natural gas, and geothermal production was exempted under the Safe Drinking Water Act.[71]
In May 2012, The state of Vermont outlawed hydraulic fracturing - the first U.S. state to ban the practice.[72]

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What Is Fracking

fracking_natural_gas_drillingFracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock layers deep within the earth. Fracking makes it possible to produce natural gas extraction in shale plays that were once unreachable with conventional technologies. Recent advancements in drilling technology have led to new man-made hydraulic fractures in shale plays that were once not available for exploration. In fact, three dimensional imaging helps scientists determine the precise locations for drilling.
Horizontal drilling (along with traditional vertical drilling) allows for the injection of highly pressurized fracking fluids into the shale area. This creates new channels within the rock from which natural gas is extracted at higher than traditional rates. This drilling process can take up to a month, while the drilling teams delve more than a mile into the Earth’s surface. After which, the well is cased with cement to ensure groundwater protection, and the shale is hydraulically fractured with water and other fracking fluids.
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