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Hundreds Rally Telling Gov. Cuomo: Not One Fracking Well
2013-02-04 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Hundreds of New Yorkers packed the legislative budget hearing on the environment as Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Martens testified. The opponents of fracking packed the hearing room with a sea of blue and with a long line out the door. After the hearing, opponents gathered in the Capitols Million Dollar Staircase to tell Governor Cuomo and Commissioner Martens not to go forward with fracking. The crowd was emboldened by a new statewide poll showing public opinion evenly...
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Groups Continue to Push for Transparency in Testing for Water Contamination from Fracking
2013-02-04 17:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Questions and concerns continue to surround Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protections (DEP) water testing and reporting policies related to suspected impacts from Marcellus Shale natural gas operations. These issues were originally revealed in the Kiskadden vs. PADEP deposition of Taru Upadhyay, technical director of DEPs Bureau of Laboratories--and described widely in subsequent news stories regarding the use of suite codes, which result in only partial test results being sent to homeowners....
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A Clash in Pennsylvania Over Fracking and Water Tests
2013-02-04 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A war of words has broken out between environmentalists and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection over the cancellation of a meeting on the state`s testing of water from water wells near natural-gas drilling sites. A meeting of 25 environmentally themed groups, the departments oil and gas division and the state Department of Health`s Bureau of Laboratories had been set for Jan. 24 after the disclosure last November last year that department scientists had omitted data on some...
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Oil and gas industry develops nontoxic fluids for fracking, but level of use is unclear
2013-02-03 19:10:31| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The oil and gas industry is trying to ease environmental concerns by developing nontoxic fluids for the drilling process known as fracking, but it's not clear whether the new product will be widely embraced by drilling companies.
Energy industry develops nontoxic fracking fluids
2013-02-03 18:55:48| Energy - Topix.net
The oil and gas industry is trying to ease environmental concerns by developing nontoxic fluids for the drilling process known as fracking, but it's not clear whether the new product will be widely embraced by drilling companies.
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