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US states confront worries about fracking, quakes
2014-06-25 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Earthquakes used to be almost unheard of on the vast stretches of prairie that unfold across the U.S. Midwestern states of Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. But in recent years, they have become commonplace. Oklahoma recorded nearly 150 between January and the start of May. Most were too weak to cause serious damage or endanger lives. Yet they've rattled nerves and raised suspicions that the shaking might be connected to the oil and gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, especially...
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Loveland voters fracking ban rejection seen victory Colorado battle
2014-06-25 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Journal: Loveland voters voted against a measure that would have imposed a two-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, within the towns borders about an hour north of Denver. The tally was 9,942 in favor, and 10,844 against the measure, according to Lovelands city elections website. B.J. Nikkel who has campaigned against fracking bans in other northern Colorado elections, credited the victory in Loveland to an unprecedented coalition of citizens and civic leaders [who] came together...
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Fracking flowback could pollute groundwater with heavy metals
2014-06-25 11:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The chemical makeup of wastewater generated by "hydrofracking" could cause the release of tiny particles in soils that often strongly bind heavy metals and pollutants, exacerbating the environmental risks during accidental spills, Cornell University researchers have found. Previous research has shown 10 to 40 percent of the water and chemical solution mixture injected at high pressure into deep rock strata, surges back to the surface during well development. Scientists at the College of Agriculture...
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Drinking Water Study Might Impact Fracking Regulations
2014-06-25 10:14:00| OGI
The EPA identified four uses for its study, but some said it could be "used as ammunition" for government regulations on fracking.
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Another concern arises over groundwater contamination from fracking accidents
2014-06-25 08:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The oil and gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, could potentially contribute more pollutants to groundwater than past research has suggested, according to a new study in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology. Scientists are reporting that when spilled or deliberately applied to land, waste fluids from fracking are likely picking up tiny particles in the soil that attract heavy metals and other chemicals with possible health implications for people and animals....
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