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Montgomery County Lawmakers Want to Ban Fracking in Maryland
State Sen. Karen Montgomery (D-Montgomery) said she believes fracking creates "severe environmental problems.
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Montgomery County Lawmakers Want to Ban Fracking in Maryland
State Sen. Karen Montgomery (D-Montgomery) said she believes fracking creates "severe environmental problems."
Two bills to ban a controversial method of extracting natural gas from underground rock deposits known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, will move through the Maryland General Assembly this year. Del. Shane Robinson, a Democrat from Montgomery Village, introduced the House version Thursday, a ban that would go into effect next October if approved by lawmakers. State Sen. Karen Montgomery, a Democrat from Brookeville, will sponsor the Senate version. “Maryland should not invest taxpayer money into funding studies about fracking — those resources should instead be put towards renewable energy,” said Robinson. “We need not look further than our neighbors in Pennsylvania to see the kind of destruction fracking is capable of bringing to …
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Fracking Commission to Recommend Making it Easier for Landowners to Sue
The commission's proposed law change would make it easier for landowners to sue natural gas drillers in Maryland for contaminating ground water through hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
By Greg Masters, Capital News Service A commission tasked with advising Maryland on possible shale gas production supports a change in the law that would make it easier for landowners to bring claims against drillers regarding water contamination and other damages near hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," sites. The new law, which commission chair and Towson University professor David Vanko said has "pretty broad support" from the commission, would shift the burden of proof to energy companies by creating a "rebuttable presumption" that drilling activity causes certain kinds of damages occurring close in time and proximity to natural gas operations. "I think (asymmetry of resources) always has been an issue in litigation, particularly …
V Appalachia
10:28 pm on Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Gas from the Marcellus shale will be exported to the highest bidder, hmj. Dominion Resources is busy readying its Cove Point facility to do just that: sell it to folks in China and India who are willing to pay more than the low-demand situation here in the US (http://www.lngworldnews.com/u-s-doe-dominion-cove-point-applies-to-export-lng-to-non-free-trade-agreement-nations/). About 1/3 of land … more ›
William Spears
5:56 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I have not seen any valid evidence that proves fracking is dangerous when properly done and monitored. Until that happens bans are idiotic and should not be done. Provide real, unbiased evidence, if that is even possible these days, that fracking is a real problem and can't be done safely and then go ahead with the ban, but not until that is done. Same goes for gun control laws, prove they … more ›