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Water Contamination from Fracking: Jessica Ernst Releases Groundbreaking Report
Written by Damien Gillis Thursday, 20 June 2013 12:53 Jessica Ernst, a high-profile, Alberta-based environmental consultant, has released...
Aug 13, 20131 min read
Victory in Fracking Wastewater Fight in PA
Earthjustice If not for the effort of Clean Water Action and Earthjustice, a wastewater treatment plant in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Aug 8, 20131 min read
An Open Letter to President Obama from Gasland Director Josh Fox
Josh Fox Dear President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Moniz, Heather Zichal and Valerie Jarrett, We are aware that your...
Jul 31, 20131 min read
Hundreds Protest Radioactive Fracking Waste in Ohio
Food & Water Watch Buckeye Forest Council Concerned Citizens Ohio Athens County Fracking Action Network A coalition of local, statewide...
Jul 31, 20135 min read
EPA official links fracking and drinking water issues in Dimock, Pa.
Matt McClain/The Washington Post – The headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. By Mark...
Jul 30, 20131 min read
LA Times: EPA Censored Key Pennsylvania Fracking Water Contamination Study
A must-read Los Angeles Times story by Neela Banerjee demonstrates that – once again – the Obama administration put the kibosh on a key...
Jul 30, 20131 min read
Potential well water contaminants highest near natural gas drilling, UT Arlington study says
University of Texas Arlington 26 July 2013 Media Contact: Traci Peterson, Office:817-272-9208, Cell:817-521-5494, tpeterso@uta.edu A new...
Jul 28, 20132 min read
Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Fracking Industry Loophole
8 People’s Oil & Gas Collaborative- Ohio The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 requires the safe disposal of solid...
Jul 26, 20132 min read
Special Investigation: Fracking in the Ocean Off the California Coast
The Pacific Ocean may be the next frontier for fracking technology. A Truthout investigation has confirmed that federal regulators...
Jul 25, 20131 min read
How Fracking Decreases Property Value
Earthworks Water Source a Deciding Factor in Property Value A Duke University and Resources for the Future study found that the most...
Jul 23, 20131 min read
Former Mobil VP Warns of Fracking and Climate Change
Friday, 19 July 2013 00:00 By Ellen Cantarow, Truthout| Interview Few people can explain gas and oil drilling with as much authority as...
Jul 21, 20132 min read
Cleanup of 2006 ND saltwater spill still ongoing
By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press Updated 1:39 pm, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 FILE – In this Jan. 12, 2007, file photo Ned Hermanson...
Jul 21, 20131 min read
Another Pennsylvania Wastewater Treatment Plant Accused of Illegally Disposing Radioactive Fracking
A Pennsylvania industrial wastewater treatment plant has been illegally accepting oil and gas wastewater and polluting the Allegheny...
Jul 21, 20131 min read
69,000 Americans Pledge to Risk Arrest if Keystone XL Pipeline Is Approved
Mint Press News By Trisha Marczak The actions are expected to come in many forms, including mass sit-ins at strategic locations along the...
Jul 17, 20131 min read
Frac-Sand Mining Boom Adds to Growing List of Fracking Dangers
Oil Change International By Andy Rowell Barely a day now goes by without further evidence of the harm of fracking. Last Thursday...
Jul 17, 20133 min read
Rules on Toxic Clean Up Chemicals Unclear as New Leak Pours into Gulf of Mexico
EcoWatch A U.S. Air Force chemical dispersing C-130 aircraft drops an oil dispersing chemical into the Gulf of Mexico as part of the...
Jul 12, 20131 min read
Confirmed: Fracking Triggers Quakes and Seismic Chaos
—By Kate Sheppard, Jaeah Lee, and Brett Brownell | Thu Jul. 11, 2013 11:04 AM PDT Major earthquakes thousands of miles away can trigger...
Jul 12, 20131 min read
“Gasland Part II”: The Fracking Empire Strikes Back
Director Josh Fox explains his expanded investigation into the natural gas industry and responds to President Obama’s climate speech. —By...
Jul 11, 20131 min read
Doddridge County gas fracking explosion injures at least 7
By David Gutman CHARLESTON, W.Va. — At least seven people were injured, four of them very seriously, after an explosion at a hydraulic...
Jul 8, 20131 min read
The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells
DeSmog Canada By Elizabeth Hand Early scientific analysis predicted that the risks associated with hazardous waste injection wells would...
Jul 5, 20131 min read
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