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'Do not operate' quake-linked disposal wells: EPA draft report
2013-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Wire: U.S. EPA officials say oil and gas wastewater injection wells that are causing earthquakes should stop operating if there's no way to stop the shaking. But there is a variety of other options to consider first, according to a "decision model" outlined in a draft report obtained by EnergyWire. That includes scaling back how much well owners can inject, requiring more data collection or public education about "the complexities of injection-induced seismicity." The 341-page document represents...
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Welcome to Portage County, the Fracking Waste Disposal Capital of Ohio
2013-07-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Welcome to Portage County, Ohio, the biggest dumping ground for fracking waste in a state that is fast becoming the go-to destination for the byproducts of America's latest energy boom. As frackingpumping a briny solution of water, lubricants, anti-bacterial agents, and a cocktail of other chemicals into underground shale formations at high pressure to fracture the rock and extract trapped natural gashas expanded in the Midwest, so has the need for disposing of used fracking fluid. That fracking...
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Advanced Disposal gets Community Changemakers nod from EIA
2013-07-16 15:28:00| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
The Environmental Industry Associations (EIA) has honoured Advanced Disposal of Decatur, Illinois with its Community Changemakers distinction for helping the city clear an illegal dump site at no charge.
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State agency to hold hearing on waste disposal
2013-07-16 07:06:36| Waste Management - Topix.net
The spreading of human waste as fertilizer on about 200 acres near Springtown by a Fort Worth company is raising so much of a stink that a state agency is planning to hold a public hearing to allow residents to air their complaints.
Advanced Disposal Closing Vermont Landfill, at Least Temporarily
2013-07-15 16:46:00| Waste Age
Advanced Disposal Services Inc. and the state of Vermont have reached a settlement for the company to at least temporarily close its Moretown landfill because of environmental issues. read more
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