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Fracking boom UT West Texas lands linked spills, air pollution

2015-09-08 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

American-Statesman: The hydraulic fracturing boom on University of Texas System lands in West Texas has polluted soil, groundwater and air, according to a report to be released Tuesday by an environmental group and a think tank. At least 1.6 million gallons of oil, saltwater and other pollutants have spilled from wells and associated equipment on UT System-owned land since 2008, said the report, which drew from system and Texas Railroad Commission records. In addition, the report said, vast quantities of methane,...

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