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Pipeline spills oil waste over more than 100 acres of Alberta
John UptonA major spill of toxic oil waste has wiped out trees and vegetation across a 104-acre swath of Alberta, Canada. The apparent...
Jun 16, 20131 min read
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Abandoned Oil Wells Raise Fears of Pollution
By KATE GALBRAITH Published: June 8, 2013 LULING, Tex. — Amid the dry weeds on a 470-acre ranch here, a rusted head of steel pokes up, a...
Jun 12, 20131 min read
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Pro-Fracking Greens Called Out in Ecologist’s New Manifesto
In a statement, ecologist Sandra Steingraber denounced Illinois’ new fracking regulations and described the need for a movement dedicated...
Jun 12, 20135 min read
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Fracking Truck Sets Off Radiation Alarm At Landfill
Forbes 4/24/1013 Jeff McMahon, Contributor A truck carrying drill cuttings from a hydraulic fracturing pad in the Marcellus Shale was...
Apr 28, 20133 min read
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Ohio: Proposal would require oil, gas companies to test shale drilling wastes for radiation
By Spencer Hunt The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday February 12, 2013 3:56 PM A proposed state law would require oil and gas companies to test...
Feb 18, 20131 min read
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Video: Unsafe conditions at fracking site
Randy Moyer, who trucked brine from wells to treatment plants and back to wells, now suffers from dizziness, blurred vision, headaches,...
Feb 13, 20131 min read
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New Fears Over Fracking Groundwater Contamination
By Professor Chris Rhodes | Tue, 01 January 2013 00:00 | 4 It is found that high concentrations of salts, including those of radium and...
Jan 4, 20133 min read
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High Levels of Uranium Could Prohibit Fracking
Southern Illinois sits atop the New Albany Shale and is home to one of the most fractured seismic zones in the continental United States....
Nov 12, 20122 min read
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Fracking for gas not just a toxic chemical risk | Enformable
Fracking for gas not only uses toxic chemicals that can contaminate drinking and groundwater—it also releases substantial quantities of...
Nov 10, 20125 min read
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Halliburton’s Radioactive Frack Rod Found Alongside Texas Highway After Going Missing
Holy frack that was close! Public relations people and top-level executives at Halliburton, one of the world’s largest oilfield services...
Oct 12, 20122 min read
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