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EPA orders air pollution controls for fracked gas wells

2013-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

McClatchy: Air pollution from thousands of natural gas wells that are fracked every year will be reduced under regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency issued on Wednesday. Its the first time the EPA has required air pollution controls at hydraulically fractured, or fracked, wells. The new rule targets smog-forming volatile organic compounds and air toxics that increase cancer risks. The same equipment also would trap methane, a potent heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere. President Barack Obama...

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