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Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink
South of the border, worsening water shortages have forced authorities to look ever deeper for drinking water.
North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Both Prosperity and Damage
North Dakota is pumping more than 575,000 barrels of oil a day now, reinvigorating North Dakota’s once-stagnant economy and reversing a population decline. But growth has come at a cost.
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.
