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Are Fracking Chemicals Getting Too Close To Drinking Water Aquifers?
2014-08-29 15:31:27| oilandgasonline Home Page
A new study suggests that fracking is occurring closer to drinking water sources than researchers had previously realized.
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Officials Confirm Fracking Caused Water Contamination In Penn Wells
2014-08-29 15:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gothamist: As Governor Cuomo continues to mull over the current statewide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, some disturbing fracking-related news has come out of Pennsylvania: fracking has contaminated private drinking wells a previously undisclosed 243 times over six years, according to the state's Department of Environmental Protection. The Associated Press reported this week that the 243 cases were reported between 2008 and 2014, thanks to the DEP's "thorough review" of statewide files [pdf]. Contamination...
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Obama Opened Floodgates for Offshore Fracking in Recent Gulf of Mexico Lease
2014-08-29 08:56:40| Energy - Topix.net
In little-noticed news arising out of a recent Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas lease held by the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the floodgates have opened for Gulf offshore hydraulic fracturing .
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Obama Opened Floodgates for Offshore Fracking in Recent Gulf of Mexico Lease
2014-08-29 04:28:56| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
In little-noticed news arising out of a recent Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas lease held by the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the floodgates have opened for Gulf offshore hydraulic fracturing .
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Lafayette's fracking ban tossed by judge
2014-08-27 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Colorado's oil and gas industry has again won another court battle against a town that banned or limited fracking. A Boulder District Court judge on Wednesday tossed out a voter-approved fracking ban in Lafayette voters. The ban was adopted last year. The Colorado Oil & Gas Association challenged the fracking ban. Judge D. D. Mallard also struck down a voter-approved fracking ban on Longmont. She said in both decisions that local governments cannot regulate drilling. Earlier this month,...
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