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EPA ends probe of Wyoming water pollution linked to fracking
2013-06-20 17:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration on Thursday dropped plans to further investigate preliminary federal findings that linked contamination of a Wyoming aquifer to natural gas drilling, following industry backlash that called the study into question. The draft report released by the Environmental Protection Agency in late 2011 sent shockwaves through the oil and gas sector, by finding that hydraulic fracturing fluids used in shale gas drilling had likely contaminated groundwater in Pavillion, Wyoming. Those...
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