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Jae C. Hong, File/AP PhotoCalifornia鈥檚 Geologic Energy Management Division is in the midst of finalizing regulations to ban fracking across the state, which will officially go into effect on October 1. -
Lindsey G, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44776359A major focus of the debate over hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" to get oil and gas out of the ground is the stuff put IN the ground to get it out.鈥�
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Hydraulic fracturing to get oil and gas out of the ground--"fracking"--troubles a lot of people. Including a majority of the city council in Lafayette,鈥� -
The global glut of fossil fuels is good for consumers; paying less than two bucks a gallon for gasoline is a big benefit. But part of the glut traces back鈥� -
The price of gasoline is certainly low at the moment, a benefit of the world oil glut caused in part by North American oil wells. But what are the鈥� -
For a guy in the minority party in the Senate, Jeff Merkley knows how to make headlines. He certainly did so this week, with a proposal (shared with Sen.鈥� -
California U.S. Representative Lois Capps has asked for a moratorium on offshore fracking until there's more study. In a letter to the Interior Department鈥�
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Republicans in the U.S. Senate just blocked another Obama judicial nominee through the "filibuster" rule (60 votes needed to proceed to a real vote), and鈥�
