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Some residents oppose Wyo.-EPA frack study deal

2013-06-22 11:34:38| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

People who have been living with tainted well water in central Wyoming voiced concern Friday that they were excluded from a deal that has the state taking over further study of groundwater pollution from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Frack Plant Plan on Hold

2013-06-12 04:53:06| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

At least another month will go by before the Wheeling Planning Commission allows GreenHunter Water to build its natural gas frack water recycling plant in Warwood.

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Most Americans dont give a frack about fracking

2013-05-30 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: You might think fracking is a highly divisive, heatedly contested issue, but most Americans don`t give a damn about it either way. The latest Climate Change in the American Mind survey found that 39 percent of respondents had never heard of fracking, while another 13 percent didn`t know whether they had heard of it. So it`s not too much of a surprise, then, to learn that 58 percent of survey respondents held no opinion on whether fracking is a good thing or a bad thing. Those who did have...

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California environmentalists fear frack fight a distraction

2013-05-28 05:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: As California sets the ground rules for drilling in the Monterey oil formation, a hard-to-reach shale reserve that is the largest in the United States, some environmentalists worry that politicians, regulators and fellow activists are fighting the wrong battle. The state regulator is hammering out rules for hydraulic fracturing, while the legislature is debating 10 bills on the practice. The drilling technique known as "fracking" has caused so much concern about environmental problems that it is...

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