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Is the Fracking Boom Coming to an End?
2015-06-09 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Since fracking began its boom period in the last decade, its supporters have promoted it as the answer to all of the U.S.s energy issues. It would free us from dependence on foreign oil, they said, thereby strengthening national security. And in fact, the U.S. has become the worlds largest exporter of fossil fuels, while prices at the gas pump have dropped steeply as fracked oil and gas production has exploded. States like Texas, Colorado, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Ohio have welcomed frackers...
Heres What Most Media Outlets Left Out of Their Reporting on EPA Fracking Study
2015-06-09 16:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Many major media outlets reported that a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study found no evidence that hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) has had widespread impacts on Americans drinking water, but did not mention the EPAs explanation for why the study doesnt necessarily indicate a rarity of effects on drinking water resources. The EPA study identified several limiting factors, including insufficient data, the lack of long-term studies and inaccessible information, which...
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06.10.15 -- EPA Issues Long-Awaited Report On Fracking Impact
2015-06-09 02:36:37| oilandgasonline Home Page
06/10/15 Oil and Gas Online Newsletter
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Fracking Does Cause Widespread, Systemic Contamination of Americans Drinking Water
2015-06-05 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In a draft report five years in the making, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed that fracking does indeed contaminate drinking water, a fact the oil and gas industry has vehemently denied. But instead of dismantling the industrys "not one single case of groundwater contamination caused by fracking" refrain, the EPA decided to go with the misleading headline "there is no evidence fracking has led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources." Its a puzzling...
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EPA draft assessment finds no widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources from fracking
2015-06-05 19:55:38| Green Car Congress
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