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Saturday March 16, 2013 Pennsylvania… Rest in Peace On Monday, Jim Garrett, a Korean War veteran who lived directly below Range...
Mar 17, 201314 min read
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Report: Flaws in EPA drilling pollution data
From whig.com Posted: Feb 21, 2013 8:37 PM CST Updated: Feb 21, 2013 9:49 PM CST By DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) –...
Feb 25, 20132 min read
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Groudbreaking Reports Show Fracking is a Risky Short-Term Bubble
Groundbreaking Reports Show Fracking is a Risky Short-Term Bubble EcoWatch Energy Policy Forum and Post Carbon Institute have released...
Feb 21, 20133 min read
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Link Between Low Birth Weight and Fracking, Says New Research
By Kristen Meriwether Epoch Times Staff Created: July 19, 2012 Last Updated: July 31, 2012 (L-R) Senators Liz Krueger, Bill Perkins, Tony...
Feb 20, 20133 min read
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Sources of Oil and Gas Air Pollution
Earthworks: Sources of Oil and Gas Air Pollution Go to article A variety of air contaminants are emitted throughout the oil and gas...
Feb 18, 20136 min read
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Congressional Report on Chemicals Used in Fracking
In April of 2011, a report was presented, per request, to the United States Congressional Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding the...
Feb 18, 20132 min read
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Presentation by MD on dangers and risks of high-volume fracking
Health Concerns From Unconventional Gas Extraction by Leslie Walleigh MD, MPH Go to Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project...
Feb 8, 20131 min read
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Natural Gas Flowback: How the Texas Natural Gas Boom Affects Health and Safety
Natural Gas Flowback: the Dark Side of the Boom How the Texas gas boom affects community health and safety Published: April 14, 2011 By:...
Feb 1, 20132 min read
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Taking a Harder Look at Fracking and Health
PHILADELPHIA – A coalition of academic researchers in the United States is preparing to shine a rigorous scientific light on the...
Jan 21, 20133 min read
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EPA Changed Course After Gas Company Protested
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Associated Press WEATHERFORD, Texas January 16, 2013 (AP) When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his...
Jan 16, 20136 min read
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Breaking: Obama EPA Shut Down Weatherford, TX Shale Gas Water Contamination Study
Posted at DeSmogBlog on Wed, 2013-01-16 11:15 by Steve Horn The Associated Press has a breaking investigative story out today revealing...
Jan 16, 20133 min read
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Cracks in the Facade: 25 Years Ago, EPA Linked “Fracking” to Water Contamination
By Environmental Working Group, Dusty Horwitt, Senior Counsel Go to website Download report August 3, 2011 An Environmental Working Group...
Jan 15, 20133 min read
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EPA Report on Pavillion, Wyoming
Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming December 8, 2011 Read full report here. Dominic C. DiGiulio, Richard...
Jan 14, 20137 min read
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Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing
Report from Duke University Read full report here: http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/cgc/pnas2011.pdf Stephen G. Osborna, Avner Vengoshb,...
Jan 14, 20132 min read
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Study shows air emissions near fracking sites may have serious health impacts
Colorado School of Public Health 19 March, 2012 View the official news release on the CU Denver Newsroom [Photo is Susan Wallace-Babb,...
Jan 6, 20133 min read
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Conflicts, Errors Revealed in Positive Fracking Study
A report that shed favorable light on fracking is at the center of a controversy at the University of Texas. The head of the school’s...
Dec 13, 20122 min read
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New England Journal of Medicine Cites Fracking Industry for Non-disclosure
Fracking Industry Cited By Prominent Medical Journal For Infringing Upon Patient–Physician Relationship A report issued this month in The...
Dec 13, 20122 min read
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Fracking: EU Warns of “High Risk” to Environment – The Price of Oil
The European Union is the latest organisation to raise serious concerns about the environmental impact of fracking. The EU has released...
Dec 12, 20123 min read
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AFL-CIO: Fracking Exposes Workers to High Levels of Silica and Other Health Hazards
05/22/2012 Ja-Rei Wang Click HERE to go to post If you work in the hydraulic fracturing industry—better known as “fracking”—you may be...
Dec 12, 20122 min read
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Fracking Companies Clash with Grain Shippers and Army Corps of Engineers over Use of Mississsippi Ri
Mississippi River (photo: Robert Ray, AP) The continuing drought of 2012—which has created abnormally dry conditions over 80% of the...
Dec 10, 20122 min read
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