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Exxon to Face Criminal Charges for 50,000+ Gallon Fracking Wastewater Spill
2014-01-03 17:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy will have to face criminal charges for allegedly dumping tens of thousands of gallons of fracking waste at a Marcellus Shale drilling site in 2010, according to a Pennsylvania judges ruling on Thursday. Following a preliminary hearing, Magisterial District Judge James G. Carn decided that all eight charges against Exxon--including violations of both the state Clean Streams Law and the Solid Waste Management Act--will be held for court, meaning there is...
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