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In fracking hotbed, a muted approach to regulation
2014-05-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pro Publica: Ohio annually processes thousands of tons of radioactive waste from hydraulic-fracturing, sending it through treatment facilities, injecting it into its old and unused gas wells and dumping it in landfills. Historically, the handling and disposal of that waste was barely regulated, with few requirements for how its potential contamination would be gauged, or how and where it could be transported and stored. With the business of fracking waste only growing, legislators in 2013 had the chance to decide...
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