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Why Gas Leaks Matter in the Hydraulic Fracturing Debate
If methane can move, it’s an indicator of other substances’ ability to migrate as well.
Pete Seeger Still At It, Performs at Anti-Fracking Rally
Folk hero and longtime social and environmental activist, Pete Seeger, hasn’t hung up the protest banjo yet.
A Fracking First in Pennsylvania: Cattle Quarantine
Agriculture officials have quarantined 28 beef cattle on a Pennsylvania farm after wastewater from a nearby gas well leaked into a field and came in contact with the animals.
Daily Show Looks at Hydraulic Fracturing and the Film ‘Gasland’
Jon Stewart talks to director Josh Fox about the film ‘Gasland.’
EPA Plans to Spend $1.9 Million to Study Health, Environmental Impacts of Fracking
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will conduct a comprehensive study of the potential adverse impact on water quality and public health that the oil and gas production technique called, hydraulic fracturing, or, ‘fracking,’ may have.
Does ExxonMobil-XTO Merger Mean More Hydrofracking?
The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing this morning on the merger between oil giant ExxonMobil and unconventional natural gas specialists XTO. Could the merger mean more hydrofracking in the future?
New York Unveils Chemicals Used in Gas Drilling
The list is the most complete released by any state or federal agency and could help answer concerns about hydraulic fracturing.
Fracking Fluid Spill in Pennsylvania Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish
Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids after a series of spills at a natural gas production site near the town of Dimock last week.
EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyo. Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking
Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination [1] near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing. Scientists also found traces of other contaminants, including oil, gas or metals, in 11 of 39 wells tested there since March.
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