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New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years
A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.
ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules
ALEC says the model disclosure legislation is designed to promote “responsible resource production” and “aims to preempt the promulgation of duplicative, burdensome federal regulations.”
Is Dimock’s Water Really Safe to Drink?
When the EPA announced last week that the water is safe to drink in Dimock, PA, it seemed to vindicate the energy industry’s insistence that drilling and fracking had not caused pollution in the area. But there’s more to the story.
Feds Let BP Off Probation Despite Pending Safety Violations
by Abraham Lustgarten, ProPublica BP’s refining subsidiary was released today from criminal probation related to a 2005 explosion in Texas City that killed 15 workers. The company has addressed the most serious safety deficiencies exposed by the accident and satisfied the terms of a felony plea agreement to settle charges that it failed to protect [...]
Will Federal Rules to Disclose Fracking Chemicals Come with Exceptions?
by Lena Groeger, ProPublica Last week several media outlets obtained the federal Bureau of Land Management’s draft of proposed rules requiring fracking companies to disclose the chemicals they pump into the ground. Such disclosure requirements have been championed by environmentalists for years and were endorsed by President Obama in the State of the Union, but [...]
