Fracking Water Contamination

Did Fracking Actually Contaminate This Town's Water?

Posted 03.21.2012

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ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten reports: When the Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that tests showed the water is safe to drink i...

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EPA Test Results To Feed Fracking Debate

AP | MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 05.05.2012

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DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's testing of scores of water wells will give residents of a small northeastern Pennsylva...

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Dimock, Pennsylvania Residents Asking EPA Chief To Address Contaminated Water

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 03.14.2012

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Residents of a small northeastern Pennsylvania town at the center of the political fight over natural gas drilling struck out Fr...

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An Open Letter to Gov. Cuomo and DEC Commissioner Martens

Dave Colavito | Posted 12.05.2011

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Dave Colavito

I've read your report on hydraulic fracturing, and I couldn't find anything that proposes requiring compensation for people who might experience damage to their property, contamination of their water, or adverse health affects.

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Is New York's Governor Opening a Pandora's Box?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 01.28.2012

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Alison Rose Levy

With recent evidence that fracking chemicals can migrate far from a frack site, should people have to play "believe it or not" with the safety pronouncements made by gas industry P.R. and advertising campaigns?

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Wells Found Contaminated Near Fracking Blowout

AP | MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 08.24.2011

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Testing conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency revealed contamination in three private water wells located near an Ap...

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'Fracking' Injected Millions Of Gallons Of Carcinogens Into Wells, Report Says

AP | Posted 06.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Millions of gallons of potentially hazardous chemicals and known carcinogens were injected into wells by leading oil and gas service com...

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State Rules Fracking Did Not Cause Water Well Contamination

The Denver Post | Mark Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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The controversial oil-industry technique known as fracking went on trial at the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on Tuesday -- and frackin...

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Contaminated Drinking Water? 80 Chemicals Revealed In Natural Gas Drilling

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- More than two years after the start of a natural gas drilling boom, Pennsylvania is making public a complete list of the chemi...

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