anti-fracking Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 08:04:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Fracking Could Get Banned in Scotland, Following Public Protests https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fracking-banned-scotland-20171005/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fracking-banned-scotland-20171005/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2017 08:04:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=64601 The Scottish government has recently stated that it plans to permanently ban fracking due to the massive desire of the public to outlaw this process. While England has permitted companies to use fracking, Scotland has decided to make a permanent decision and to ban the method, as a result of a prolonged public consultation process […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fracking-banned-scotland-20171005/feed/ 0 64601 Anti-Fracking Politician Called “Terrorist” https://www.greenoptimistic.com/anti-fracking-politician-called-terrorist-20140507/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/anti-fracking-politician-called-terrorist-20140507/#respond Wed, 07 May 2014 20:33:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47335 Rep. Jared Polis (Democrat-Colorado) thinks local communities should be able to decide how fracking is regulated in their area – if it’s permitted at all. According to the chair of the Colorado Republican Committee, Ryan Call, this makes Jared Polis a terrorist. Polis is among backers of an initiative proposed for November that would increase […]

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