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Guess whos cashing in on fracking? The Amish
2013-12-27 17:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Since the Amish are opposed to cars, electricity, and orgies, you might think theyd frown on money, too. Like, Keep your wealth in hay bales could totally be an Amish saying, or maybe bonnets over Benjamins. But while greed and materialism arent part of an Amish paradise, nearly 40 Amish families in eastern Ohio are taking piles of cash from oil and gas companies. Chesapeake Energy and others are paying them hundreds of thousands of dollars, tax free, in order to drill on their property....
In case you missed it | Seasons Greetings to Those Who Claim Fracking Bans and Moratoriums are Bad
2013-12-27 03:54:54| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
We used the word "claim" in the headline instead of words like "think" or "believe" because, frankly, it's really hard to find anyone not being compensated by the oil and gas industry who honestly believes that delaying fracking in populated areas while more research and testing on its health and environmental impacts is done is a bad idea.
The EPA Screwed Up When It Dropped Fracking Investigation
2013-12-25 14:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was criticized in an internal report for dropping charges that Range Resources Corp was polluting drinking water while "fracking" for natural gas. Range is using the hydraulic fracturing technique in Parker County, Texas where one homeowner complained in August 2010 that he could set his drinking water on fire. Six U.S. senators had asked the agency's internal watchdog - the Office of the Inspector General - to evaluate a 2012 decision to drop an order...
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Inspector general finds EPA followed protocol in fracking case
2013-12-25 14:23:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Range Resources attorney David Jackson presents photo evidence to the Texas Railroad Commission in 2011 over the EPA's claims they had contaminated water supplies in Parker County.
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EPA report on fracking in Texas raises new concerns
2013-12-24 20:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Environmental Protection Agency was justified in intervening to examine possible risks of gas drilling to Texas drinking water, the agency's internal watchdog reported Tuesday. But environmentalists say the report raises fresh concerns about the EPA's 2012 decision to halt its investigation into possible well-water contamination in Parker County, Texas. The EPA inspector general's report is the latest analysis to spotlight the regulator's handling of high-profile cases of alleged drinking-water...
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