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US EPA's abandoned Wyoming fracking study: One retreat too many
2013-07-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pro Publica: When the Environmental Protection Agency abruptly retreated on its multimillion-dollar investigation into water contamination in a central Wyoming natural gas field last month, it shocked environmentalists and energy industry supporters alike. In 2011, the agency had issued a blockbuster draft report saying that the controversial practice of fracking was to blame for the pollution of an aquifer deep below the town of Pavillion, Wy. -- the first time such a claim had been based on a scientific...
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