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Wells Fargo profits up on US economy

2014-07-11 17:58:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Profits at Wells Fargo - the largest US bank - rise 3% in the second quarter, helped by a pick-up in the US economy.

Study: 40% of gas wells could leak methane in parts of Pa

2014-07-10 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Philadelphia Inquirer: People who live among the fracking fields of Pennsylvania should expect considerable leaking of methane from natural gas wells into the groundwater and atmosphere, according to new research by a professor who has been a consistent critic of the boom in hydraulic fracturing. A research team led by Anthony Ingraffea of Cornell University reached this conclusion after examining state inspection records of more than 41,000 wells drilled from 2000 through 2012 throughout Pennsylvania. Because of...

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Fracking Wastewater Injection Wells Blamed for Oklahomas Recent String of Earthquakes

2014-07-09 20:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Oklahoma has had a whole lot of shaking going on during the last six years. Seismic activity in the state has risen dramatically, from just more than a dozen earthquakes recorded back in 2008 to more than 100 in 2013. And here we are only halfway through 2014, and already the number of Oklahoma quakes with a magnitude of 3.0 or higher has surpassed the number of such earthquakes in California--a state famous for its big temblors. What on Earth (or under it) could be causing the Sooner State to...

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Delta farmers meet initial goal for voluntary metering of irrigation wells

2014-07-04 08:22:41| Waste Management - Topix.net

As the June 30 deadline passed, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality announced that the 5 percent goal for voluntary metering of irrigation wells supported by the Delta Sustainable Water Resource Task Force had been officially met.

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