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Fracking poses potential risks some drinking water supplies: EPA study

2015-06-04 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Fracking for shale oil and gas has not led to widespread pollution of drinking water, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft report said on Thursday, although it warned some drilling activities could potentially cause health risks. The study, requested by Congress and five years in the making, said fracking could contaminate drinking water under certain conditions, such as when fluids used in the process leaked into the water table. The EPA said it found isolated cases of water contamination,...

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Virginia panel recommends new fracking regulations

2015-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A Virginia advisory panel is recommending that energy companies disclose the chemical ingredients they use in horizontal fracking, a type of natural gas drilling that has raised environmental concerns. The recommendation, among 14 proposed by the panel, would also require drilling companies to provide the state with closely guarded industry recipes for the fracking fluids. The proposals have been submitted to Gov. Terry McAuliffes administration for review and a new round of public review....

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Environment group claims release of US Government documents of fracking in Gulf of Mexico

2015-06-03 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Nonprofit conservation organisation the Center for Biological Diversity has stated that it has successfully gained the release of federal documents relating to subsea fracking in the Gulf of Mexico from the US Government after going through Washingto

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3 Arrested in Denton As Oklahoma Joins Texas in Banning Fracking Bans

2015-06-02 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The movement by states to block local citizen input into fracking operations in their backyards has spread from Texas to Oklahoma. With concerns rising after a dramatic increase in earthquakes tied to fracking injection wells, Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law Monday a bill that would block cities and counties from enacting any restrictions on drilling, fracking, pipeline construction or the disposal of the wastewater byproduct of drilling--the injection wells that have been linked to the Oklahoma...

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