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The Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Japanese<br />

government has, as <strong>of</strong> December 10, lifted <strong>the</strong> evacuation order for<br />

Okuma Town, where <strong>the</strong> Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants are<br />

located. According to <strong>the</strong> JAIF Atoms in Japan news service, <strong>the</strong><br />

government has reclassified <strong>the</strong> town into three new areas: one in which<br />

evacuation orders will eventually be lifted, one that is still restricted to<br />

residents, and one where residents will find it difficult to return home for a<br />

long time.<br />

Environmental Must-Reads – December 10, 2012<br />

New York Fracking Rules: Regulators Taking Public Comments<br />

On Revised Gas Drilling Regulations<br />

New York regulators will begin taking public comments on revised<br />

gas-drilling rules this week, though an extensive environmental review<br />

outlining <strong>the</strong> basis for those rules remains incomplete, and nei<strong>the</strong>r drillers<br />

nor environmentalists are happy lately with <strong>the</strong> state’s work on <strong>the</strong> issue.<br />

Environmental activists rally for fracking conference<br />

Environmental activists met Saturday at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Baltimore<br />

to organize a push for a legislative ban on <strong>the</strong> natural gas drilling<br />

technique known as hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — casting <strong>the</strong><br />

issue as a fight pitting <strong>the</strong> little guys versus <strong>the</strong> lobbyists.<br />

Fracking surveys find support in unexpected places<br />

Many people in New York and Pennsylvania have voiced concerns<br />

about <strong>the</strong> safety <strong>of</strong> hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, or fracking. But<br />

two new surveys found that many people who live in New York City and<br />

<strong>the</strong> suburbs approve <strong>of</strong> drilling in parts <strong>of</strong> that state, and that Pennsylvania<br />

residents who live in an area <strong>of</strong> heavy drilling feel <strong>the</strong> benefits outweigh<br />

<strong>the</strong> risks.<br />

Fracking for Foreigners? New Report From Feds Backs More<br />

Natural Gas Exports<br />

How times have changed. Ten years ago <strong>the</strong> United States was<br />

looking at importing natural gas via massive liquefied natural gas (LNG)<br />

terminals, yet to be built. Now <strong>the</strong> country appears to be getting ready to<br />

significantly increase exports <strong>of</strong> LNG.

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