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U.S. EPA unlikely to step up fracking enforcement efforts for now -analysts
2014-01-06 07:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Federal regulators are unlikely to step up enforcement of potential water contamination cases linked to natural gas drilling - despite new concerns about water safety - given a lack of political will and limited resources to pursue such cases, analysts said. A report quietly made public on Christmas Eve by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog brought back into the spotlight concerns about the effects on water quality from the drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing,...
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4 states confirm water pollution from fracking
2014-01-05 12:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review that casts doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely happen. The Associated Press requested data on drilling-related complaints in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Texas and found major differences in how the states report such problems. Texas...
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Judge Rules Exxon Must Face Criminal Charges Over 50,000 Gallon Fracking Waste Spill
2014-01-03 18:31:01| Energy - Topix.net
Fracking opponents protest before the Tom Corbett inauguration to become the 46th governor of Pennsylvania at the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011.
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Exxon to Face Criminal Charges for 50,000+ Gallon Fracking Wastewater Spill
2014-01-03 17:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy will have to face criminal charges for allegedly dumping tens of thousands of gallons of fracking waste at a Marcellus Shale drilling site in 2010, according to a Pennsylvania judges ruling on Thursday. Following a preliminary hearing, Magisterial District Judge James G. Carn decided that all eight charges against Exxon--including violations of both the state Clean Streams Law and the Solid Waste Management Act--will be held for court, meaning there is...
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Judge Rules Exxon Must Face Criminal Charges Over 50,000 Gallon Fracking Waste Spill
2014-01-03 15:57:35| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Fracking opponents protest before the Tom Corbett inauguration to become the 46th governor of Pennsylvania at the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011.
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