The Sierra Club has reached a settlement in its
lawsuit seeking to force the Environmental
Protection Agency to approve or disapprove Arkansas’
plan for reducing smog and haze in the air.
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Fracking devalues
plots, 3 suits say
LITTLE ROCK — Seven Arkansas residents filed three
lawsuits Tuesday seeking class-action status
against various natural-gas companies alleging,
among other things, that hydraulic fracturing in
the Fayetteville Shale has diminished property
values.
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Coal plant work,
disputes continue:
Wetlands are just one battleground in clash
McNAB — Two rows of steel beams the size of
railroad crossties march from the east bank of the
Little River to midstream, but if opponents of a
coal-fired power plant have their way, the beams
will be dead in the water.
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Fracking-fluid law
leaves some critics worried: Some chemicals
could be kept secret
Critics have charged that a rule that would
require companies to reveal the chemicals they use
in natural-gas wells contains troubling
oversights.
A provision added to the final version of the
rule approved in December would allow companies to
claim certain chemicals in “fracking” fluid as
trade secrets in “limited situations” if the
commission’s director gives approval.
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COMMENTARY:
Protection's Time Has Come
by Tom McKinney
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS -- One of the immutable laws of
nature is that water runs downhill. That means
that what happens upstream is certainly going to
affect what happens further downstream and the
more water there is the larger and more noticeable
the effects will be.
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BURNING ISSUES: From
proposed coal plants to water pollution to
fallout from gas exploration, it’s been a
contentious year for environmental politics.
ArkansasTimes -- In October of 2008, the Times
reported on the burgeoning natural gas industry
and the pollution and waste disposal problems that
came with the boom. Since then, a lot has
happened. Some of it positive, most negative.
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Arkansas high court
will examine power plant approval process
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- The Arkansas Supreme Court will
hear oral arguments on April 15 about the process
used to approve the certificate that granted
SWEPCO's construction of the John W. Turk Power
Plant located in southern Arkansas.
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Campaign, please click HERE
Congratulations to our 2010
Conservation Award Winners!
Click HERE
to see a list of folks, businesses and
organizations we recognized for their conservation
efforts in Arkansas.
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