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Water Concerns Prompt Federal Fracking Crackdown
2015-04-13 07:09:27| pollutiononline News Articles
The Obama administration has unveiled new rules for fracking after years of criticism that it had not done enough to safeguard the water supply from this oil and gas industry practice.
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EPA Finds Holes In Fracking Cocktail Data
2015-04-13 03:37:26| oilandgasonline Home Page
A new government report indicates that an oil-and-gas industry database designed to bring transparency to the controversial practice of fracking fails to present a complete picture of where companies get their water and which chemicals they use.
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Legislature sends fracking ban to Hogan
2015-04-11 07:53:38| Footwear - Topix.net
Drilling for natural gas will soon be coming to Western Maryland, splitting camps into those who think it is no different than other industries and others with environmental concerns. Drilling for natural gas will soon be coming to Western Maryland, splitting camps into those who think it is no different than other industries and others with environmental concerns.
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Dramatic Increases Cancer-Causing Radon PA Homes Linked Fracking
2015-04-09 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dreams: Researchers in Pennsylvania have discovered that the prevalence of radon, a radioactive and carcinogenic gas, in peoples homes and commercial buildings that are nearer to fracking sites has increased dramatically in the state since the unconventional and controversial gas drilling practice began in the state just over a decade ago. Both odorless and tasteless, radon is a naturally-occurring gas released from bedrock minerals beneath the ground and is found in millions of homes across the country....
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Why does water rationing in Calif exclude fracking and agribusiness?
2015-04-07 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water wasters', writes Evan Blake. But agribusiness and water-intensive industries like fracking remain untouched by the restrictions, even though they consume over 90% of the state's water. There are immense water efficiencies to be gained, but any rational reorganization is blocked by the US financial oligarchy, which, controlling the entire political system, will not abide any impingement on its profits....
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