Category: Pennsylvania
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Fracking Companies Issue Gag Orders and Buy Victims’ Silence
“These gag orders are the reason [drillers] can give testimony to Congress and say there are no documented cases of contamination.”
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Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills Advance Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda in 2013
ALEC bills in recent years have pulled states out of regional climate initiatives, opposed carbon dioxide emission standards, created hurdles for state agencies attempting to regulate pollution and tried to stop …
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Leaked Report Shows EPA Censored Dimock’s Fracking Water Contamination Study
The EPA simply walked away and asked the public and the residents of Dimock to take its word for it. Indeed, the agency did not even mention the word “methane” at all in its press release announcing the end of the investigation …
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Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Fracking Industry Loophole
Fracking is now responsible for 90 percent of domestic oil and gas production, with thousands of wells popping up across the nation. The number of wells is expected to skyrocket during …
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At What Costs Will the New Jersey LNG Port Be Built?
If Port Ambrose is licensed as an import facility, there is every reason to believe that it will be used to export Marcellus Shale gas to Europe and Asia. That will mean more fracking …