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EPA delays fracking safety study until 2016
2013-06-24 22:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: We told you last week that the EPA is abandoning an investigation that linked fracking chemicals with groundwater contamination in Wyoming. Amid controversy over that move, news about EPA delaying another fracking study got overlooked by most media. In 2010, Congress ordered the EPA to look into the dangers posed to drinking water sources by hydraulic fracturing. That research was expected to be completed in 2014. But last Tuesday, an EPA official told attendees of a shale-gas conference in Cleveland,...
Supremem Court Justices to hear EPA appeal over air pollution rule
2013-06-24 15:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the lawfulness of an Obama administration effort to regulate air pollution that crosses state lines. At the request of the administration, the American Lung Association and environmental groups, the justices will review an appeals court ruling that invalidated the Cross-State Air Pollution rule, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implemented to enforce a provision of the Clean Air Act. The rule sets limits on nitrogen oxides and...
EPA Steps Aside In Wyoming; Encana To Have Role In Study
2013-06-24 10:45:00| OGI
The agency wont use its controversial data for a national fracturing review.
EPA Acknowledges Pavillion Study Deficiencies
2013-06-24 03:47:06| oilandgasonline News Articles
API Group Director of Upstream and Industry Operations Erik Milito welcomed recently announcement from the EPA that said flawed water testing results from Pavillion, Wyo., would not be part of its hydraulic fracturing review.
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EPA Pushes Back Fracking Impact Study to 2016
2013-06-21 21:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving back its timeline for release of its study on the impact of hydraulic fracturing from 2014 to 2016, the agency announced this week at the Shale Gas: Promises and Challenges conference in Cleveland, OH. The study, aimed at assessing the threats fracking poses to groundwater supplies and air quality, began in 2010 under the direction of Congress. The intent was to create a thorough assessment of the drilling method so states could make informed...
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