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Protecting New York City's Water Supply from Gas Companies

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Water Quality, Fracking Fluid, Fracking, Contamination, Water, Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Water Supply, New York, New York News

New Yorkers were out in force last Tuesday to protect the purity of their legendary water. A public event focused on drilling in a vast Upstate reservoir of natural gas that developers are seeking to exploit.

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Wastewater In New York Found To Be Radioactive From Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Fracking, Water, New York Wastewater, Dirty Energy, Environment, Natural Gas, New York Water, Natural Gas Dilling, Radioactive Wastewater, Green News

As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troubling discovery about...

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Join the Kill the Drill Campaign

Scott Stringer | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Drinking Water, Kill the Drill, Hydraulic Fracturing, Drinking Water, Fracking, David Paterson, New York News

Kill the Drill is a campaign to voice opposition to any hydraulic fracturing in the city's upstate watershed, which supplies 90 percent of New York City's drinking water.

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State Must End Threat to NYC's Drinking Water

Scott Stringer | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Watershed, Environmentalism, Marcellus Shale, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, David Paterson, New-York-Drinking-Water, New York News

New York State regulators trail everybody else in protecting New York City's drinking water from natural gas drilling, despite the fact that they alone have the authority to do so.

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Gas Drilling in New York Comes to a Head

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Energy, Epa, Fracking, Environmentalism, Green Living, Energy Policy, Fracking Fluid, Natural Gas, New York News

Cooperstown, NY: Gas drilling and the forces behind it are massed to exploit the rich deposits of upstate New York, in the process trampling on the basic idea of government.

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Garfield County Oil And Gas Office Undermanned, Overwhelmed By Increase In Oil Paperwork

The Glenwood Springs Post-Independent | John Colson | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Garfield County, Oil Drinking Water, Colorado, Natural Gas, Oil Drilling, Oil, Fracking, Garfield County Oil and Gas, Denver News

The department charged with keeping an eye on Garfield County's oil and gas industry remains among the smallest in county government. The department ...

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Kathy Hall, Colorado Oil And Gas Chief, Resigns Amid Brazen Comments About Fracking Fluid

Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fracking Fluid, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Fracking, Spliti Estate Movie, Split Estate Documentary, Split Estate, Natural Gas, Colorado Natural Gas, Denver News

A representative of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Kathy Hall, resigned from the organization last week, reports the Denver Post's Susan Greene...

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Ned Prather, Garfield County Man Allegedly Poisoned By Fracking Fluid, Waiting For Decision From State

Glenwood Springs Post Independent | John Colson | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Cogcc, Colorado Drinking Water, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Fracking, Halliburton, Safe Water Act, Natural Gas, Diana DeGette, Ned Prather, Garfield County Colorado, Denver News

DE BEQUE, Colorado -- A Garfield County man claiming he was poisoned by contaminants from a natural gas drilling operation wants to know what state re...

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Natural Gas Documentary Affects Garfield County Commissioners On Federal Legislation (VIDEO)

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Garfield County, Split Estate, FRAC, Natural Gas, Diana DeGette, Ken Salazar, Fracking, Halliburton, Colorado, Denver News

GLENWOOD SPRINGS -- Everyone was a film critic Monday at a somewhat tense screening of the new anti-gas-drilling documentary "Split Estate" for the Ga...

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Natural Gas Industry Executives Come Out In Favor Of More Trasparency

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: John Pinkerton, Diana DeGette, Fracking, Range Resources, Chesapeake Energy, Natural Gas, Colorado, Safe Drinking Water Act, Aubrey McClendon, Denver News

The oil and gas industry is starting to see some cracks in its to-date united front against federal oversight of the common drilling practice known as...

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Fracking Proves Dangerous In Pennsylvania Case

David O. Williams | Posted 09.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Pro-Publica, Colorado, Diana DeGette, Natural Gas, Pennsylvania, Fracking, Denver News

ProPublica Monday reported environmental officials were scrambling to clean up 8,000 gallons of a "potential carcinogen" manufactured by Halliburton a...

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Western Slope Politicians Squabble After Poll Shows Support For FRAC-act

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction, Josh Penry, Diana DeGette, John Salazar, Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, Michael Bennet, Fracking, Clean Water Act, Denver News

Voters in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District a month ago favored legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate hyd...

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Green News Report - August 27, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Fracking, Dairy, Green News, Salmonella, Green News Report, Hydraulic-Fracturing, Mpg, Atrazine, Water, Africa, Electric Cars, Oil, Cash for Clunkers, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Hurricane Katrina, Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture, Global Warming, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Happy Anniversaries -- sort of; The Politics of "Fracking"; How about some weed-killer in your drinking water?... PLUS: Another sad loss for the environment... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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