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States Turn Blind Eye as Fracking Industry Routinely Violates Laws
2013-07-17 22:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A scathing new investigation from EnergyWire confirms the worst fears of citizens across the country who live near fracking sites: state regulators are not doing everything they can to prevent oil and gas companies from repeatedly violating the law. EnergyWire spent months analyzing state records. Reported spills from oil and gas well sites, according to publicly available state and federal data. Map courtesy of EnergyWire/Andrew Holmes. While the extensive investigation uncovers numerous violations,...
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