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ExxonMobil Takes Heat For 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake In Papua New Guinea

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– ExxonMobil Takes Heat For 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake In Papua New Guinea:

An earthquake in Papua New Guinea rattled ExxonMobil’s gas project on the island nation to the tune of $19 billion, and a backlash against the U.S. company’s activities is becoming more difficult to contain.

A group of locals are blaming the activities of Exxon and its local partners for the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that hit the island on February 26. Aftershocks after the initial quake compounded the effects of the natural disaster.

The project, known as PNG LNG, is recognized as one of the world’s most successful liquefied natural gas projects, but the foreign presence is becoming more and more unpopular amongst locals. The country’s Vice Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Manasseh Makiba told Reuters that Exxon should open an official inquiry to identify the causes of the aftershocks to address the locals’ concerns.

Read moreExxonMobil Takes Heat For 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake In Papua New Guinea

Swarm of 200 Earthquakes Hits Yellowstone – Here’s What That Means — ((Article Is Hiding Heavy Fracking All Around Yellowstone (Video))

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– Swarm of 200 Earthquakes Hits Yellowstone – Here’s What That Means:

A swarm of more than 200 earthquakes struck Yellowstone National Park over the past two weeks, but that probably doesn’t mean the “big one” is coming anytime soon, according to geologists from the park.

The 200 temblors began on Feb. 8 and ramped up on Feb. 15 in an area about 8 miles (13 kilometers) northeast of West Yellowstone, Montana, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In reality, many more tiny quakes hit the region but were simply too small for seismometers to pick them up, according to the USGS.

But while the swarm is bigger than the everyday seismicity in the park, it’s not a sign of a major quake, said Michael Poland, scientist-in-charge of the USGS Yellowstone Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington.

“This is what Yellowstone does; this is Yellowstone being Yellowstone,” Poland told Live Science. “It experiences swarms all the time.”

Read moreSwarm of 200 Earthquakes Hits Yellowstone – Here’s What That Means — ((Article Is Hiding Heavy Fracking All Around Yellowstone (Video))

The UK Mother-Frackers are ON THE RUN! :-) (Video)

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H/t reader eric:

“Ian Crane is a former Shell Oil executive who has campaigned against fracking in U.K. for several years, and is gradually forcing the tide back.
We need more like him, though he has had great difficulty with attempts by the fracking industry to silence him even to the point of near bankruptcy with legal costs.”

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Following Fracking Ban, France Permanently Halts Oil and Gas Production

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– Following Fracking Ban, France Permanently Halts Oil and Gas Production:

This week, France’s parliament passed a law banning the production of oil and gas in France and its territories. The move puts France at the forefront of the transition from fossil fuels to renewable resources. French President Emmanuel Macron also plans to stop the sale of diesel and petrol cars.

The ban appears to be symbolic in nature as France is 99% dependent on the import of oil and gas. By comparison, Saudi Arabia extracts around 815,000 tons of oil per day while France extracts that much in a year.

Read moreFollowing Fracking Ban, France Permanently Halts Oil and Gas Production

Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Attorney General Pick, Introduced First Bill to Exempt Fracking from Drinking Water Rules

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– Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Attorney General Pick, Introduced First Bill to Exempt Fracking from Drinking Water Rules:

U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, introduced the first so-called “Halliburton Loophole” bill back in 1999 before it was ever known as such.

Sessions co-sponsored the bill (S.724) with the climate change-denying Senator James Inhofe (R-OK). The bill called for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exempt enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act as it relates to hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”).

The bill’s language eventually became a provision in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, known today as the “Halliburton Loophole” because the company’s ex-CEO and then-Vice President Dick Cheney headed up the industry-loaded Energy Policy Task Force which helped pen the bill’s language.

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Exxon’s Pro-Fracking CEO Rex Tillerson Is Suing to Stop Fracking Near His Mansion

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– Exxon’s Pro-Fracking CEO Is Suing to Stop Fracking Near His Mansion:

 Source: The Nation

Fancy a side of irony with your corporate hypocrisy? Last night on MSNBC, Nation Editor-at-Large Chris Hayes profiled ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, a vocal proponent of hydraulic fracking, who is suing to prevent the construction of a water tower near his eighty-three-acre, $5 million horse ranch in Bartonville, Texas. The purpose of the tower? Storing water for fracking. Tillerson and his super-wealthy neighbors are concerned, the lawsuit states, that the fracking tower might “devalue their properties and adversely impact the rural lifestyle they sought to enjoy.” As Hayes put it, “Rex Tillerson is leading the fracking revolution, just not in his backyard.”

H/t reader kevin a.

Related info:

– ‘Anti-Establishment’ Trump Picks Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson As Secretary Of State

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37 wastewater wells shut down after M5.6 earthquake hits Oklahoma

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– 37 wastewater wells shut down after M5.6 earthquake hits Oklahoma:

Following a shallow M5.6 earthquake on Saturday, September 3, 2016, Oklahoma authorities have shut down 37 wastewater wells used by the fracking industry to extract oil and gas. According to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, the decision to shut down the wells was a “mandatory directive” and the total area of interest is 1 877 km2 (725 mi2).

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H/t reader squodgy:

“Is somebody sensible joining the dots at last?”

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Florida raises allowable limits of cancer-causing chemicals in drinking water ahead of fracking boom

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– Florida raises allowable limits of cancer-causing chemicals in drinking water ahead of fracking boom:

On Tuesday, July 26, Florida’s Environmental Regulation Commission voted 3-2 in favor of passing controversial new water quality standards that will raise the maximum allowable levels of more than two dozen cancer-causing chemicals to be dumped into the state’s rivers and streams.

The new standards, which were based on Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recommendations, were passed despite strong opposition from clean water advocates who say that the move poses a serious health threat and paves the way for widespread fracking operations in the state.

Read moreFlorida raises allowable limits of cancer-causing chemicals in drinking water ahead of fracking boom

Progressives BETRAYED! Democratic party official platform is now pro FRACKING, pro Monsanto, pro TPP, anti GMO labeling

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– Progressives BETRAYED! Democratic party official platform is now pro FRACKING, pro Monsanto, pro TPP, anti GMO labeling:

Because of the diverse audience we attract, there are a lot of Natural News readers who are still supporting the Democrats. If you’re one of those people, it’s time for you to question what you’re really supporting because you may not be aware that the democratic party openly supports fracking, Monsanto, vaccine mandates, chemical agriculture and the TPP. On top of that, they’re mostly opposed to GMO labeling, too. Only Sen. Sanders really stood up to the biotech industry on that point, and now after the DNC email leaks, you know how the democrat establishment hosed Sanders with a vindictive smear campaign to destroy his chances of winning the nomination.

The truth is, the Democrat party is not a party of progressive ideas. Even the progressive news website Common Dreams has authored this piece blasting the DNC for its betrayals.

Read moreProgressives BETRAYED! Democratic party official platform is now pro FRACKING, pro Monsanto, pro TPP, anti GMO labeling

Federal Agents Went Undercover To Spy on Anti-Fracking Movement, Emails Reveal

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– Federal Agents Went Undercover To Spy on Anti-Fracking Movement, Emails Reveal:

Source: The Intercept

When more than 300 protesters assembled in May at the Holiday Inn in Lakewood, Colorado — the venue chosen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for an auction of oil and gas leases on public lands — several of the demonstrators were in fact undercover agents sent by law enforcement to keep tabs on the demonstration, according to emails obtained by The Intercept.

The “Keep it in the Ground” movement, a broad effort to block the development of drilling projects, has rapidly gained traction over the last year, raising pressure on the Obama administration to curtail hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, and coal mining on federal public lands. In response, government agencies and industry groups have sharply criticized the activists in public, while quietly moving to track their activities.

Read moreFederal Agents Went Undercover To Spy on Anti-Fracking Movement, Emails Reveal

German Government Agrees “Indefinite” Ban On Fracking, But …

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– German Government Agrees to Ban Fracking but Keep Door Open:

The German government has agreed to ban fracking for shale gas for an indefinite period, but would allow test drilling to be carried out if state governments permit it, news agencies reported on Tuesday.

The two parties in Germany’s ruling coalition – the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) – agreed to what is being called an “indefinite” ban, but the agreement calls for a review in five years, leaving the door open for a possible lifting of the ban.

Parliament must still approve the ban.

Read moreGerman Government Agrees “Indefinite” Ban On Fracking, But …

The Return Of Fracking To UK? First Permit Issued In Five Years

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– The Return Of Fracking To UK? First Permit Issued In Five Years:

In a 7-4 vote, Councilors of the county of North Yorkshire approved industrial tests on Monday in a move that will allow fracking in Britain for the first time in five years.

The Guardian reported that the go-ahead “swept aside” vocal protests from residents and environmentalists who feared “catastrophic seismic activity, health problems, and pollution” if hydraulic fracturing was introduced.

Read moreThe Return Of Fracking To UK? First Permit Issued In Five Years

‘People should be terrified fracking is spreading’ – Australian MP who set river on fire to RT

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– ‘People should be terrified fracking is spreading’ – Australian MP who set river on fire to RT:

Fracking should be banned as a “global threat” as it causes methane leaks contaminating water in the communities near gas wells, says an Australian MP who literally set a river ablaze to draw attention to the adverse effects of the practice.

The companies that extract coal seam gas via fracking are duping people into believing that their technology is safe, while in reality it has contributed greatly to the pollution of sites like Condamine river located in the Australian state of Queensland just near the fracking site, Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham said in an interview to RT.

Read more‘People should be terrified fracking is spreading’ – Australian MP who set river on fire to RT

Here’s The New Study The Fracking Industry Doesn’t Want You To See: Fracking Wastewater Causes Cancer

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In areas where shale-drilling/hydraulic fracturing is heavy, a dense web of roads, pipelines and well pads turn continuous forests and grasslands into fragmented islands. Credit: Simon Fraser University.

– Here’s the New Study the Fracking Industry Doesn’t Want You to See:

Though fracking industry proponents scoff at any intimation their so-called vital industry poses even scant risks to the public, a new study published in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology just proved those critics right — fracking wastewater causes cancer.

Using human bronchial epithelial cells, which are commonly used to measure the carcinogenesis of toxicants, researchers confirmed fracking flowback water from the Marcellus Shale caused the formation of malignancies.

Read moreHere’s The New Study The Fracking Industry Doesn’t Want You To See: Fracking Wastewater Causes Cancer

The Manipulation of Our Water Supply and Fracking

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– The Manipulation of Our Water Supply and Fracking:

On visiting supermarkets you see them stacked, row after row, brand name upon brand name … we’re spoiled for choices … but it can indeed be quite costly when added up after a while. It’s better to choose the glass option as opposed to plastic which leaches out toxic chemicals such as Bisphenol A which could affect health when taken frequently and long term.

I’m talking about bottled water supplies, which leads to my question, why should we have to buy bottled drinking water?

Read moreThe Manipulation of Our Water Supply and Fracking

Oklahoma Residents can now SUE Fracking companies for damages — Supreme Court Rules (7/01/2015)

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– 7/01/2015 — Oklahoma Residents can now SUE Fracking companies for damages — Supreme Court Rules (Dutchsinse, July 1, 2015):

Huge victory against oil / gas companies causing damage via fracking/injection earthquakes !

After a series of dark moments for freedom in Oklahoma, and Texas (when state legislators passed laws which PREVENT locals from being able to stop fracking in their own towns) now the Oklahoma Supreme Court has issued a ruling which could be a game changer for the entire fracking industry.

Residents can now sue fracking companies for damages to their property , and personal health caused by fracking earthquakes.

This all stems from a case where a woman had her house chimney collapse in upon her during the large M5.7 2011 fracking earthquake in Oklahoma.

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At the time, professionals tried to DENY there was any relation between the huge swarm of earthquakes, and the fracking operations.

Not trusting anything on face value, I actually pulled satellite images to see what was at the location, what I found was shocking.

Read moreOklahoma Residents can now SUE Fracking companies for damages — Supreme Court Rules (7/01/2015)

New York State BANNING Fracking Due To Earthquake & Environmental Threat

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– 5/16/2015 — New York State BANNING fracking due to earthquake + environmental threat (Dutchsinse, May 16, 2015):

This is huge news, and a large victory for those of us who have been warning state (and national) policy makers about the seismic threat associated with “fracking”.

New York State is set to fully ban the process of hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus shale deposit.

The ban is being set due to the threat of earthquakes, and methane plume releases.

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Above: March 10, 2014 – 2.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Western New York State near a previous oil pumping operation

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Several of my viewers (and readers) will remember back to 2012, when a fresh movement to ban fracking in New York state was developed by “Artists against fracking”, which included Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, and several other well known musicians, artists, and actors.

Read moreNew York State BANNING Fracking Due To Earthquake & Environmental Threat

Leaking Las Vegas: Forced Rationing Looms As Lake Mead Faces Federal ‘Water Emergency’

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– Leaking Las Vegas: Forced Rationing Looms As Lake Mead Faces Federal “Water Emergency” ( WolfStreet, May 4, 2015):

Leak Mead – on your left, when you drive from Las Vegas across the Hoover Dam – is the largest reservoir in the country when at capacity. It’s fed by the Colorado River which provides water for agriculture, industry, and 40 million people in Nevada, Arizona, California, and Mexico, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. Now after 15 years of drought, the “lake” – a mud puddle surrounded by a huge chalky bathtub ring – is threatening to run dry.

Read moreLeaking Las Vegas: Forced Rationing Looms As Lake Mead Faces Federal ‘Water Emergency’