Tag: fracking
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Fracking and Flooding in Colorado: The More We Know the Worse It Gets
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reported three new spills today from damaged oil and gas wells caused by the torrential rains and subsequent flooding …
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Fracking and Flooding in Colorado: The More We Know the Worse It Gets
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reported three new spills today from damaged oil and gas wells caused by the torrential rains and subsequent flooding …
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Report Exposes Social Costs of Fracking on Rural America
A new report by Food and Water Watch examines the social impacts of fracking; comparing traffic, crime and sexually transmitted infections in rural Pennsylvania counties. Using a decade worth …
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Colorado Flooding Triggers More Oil and Gas Spills
Cliff Willmeng The crisis for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) that last week’s floods created is now, thanks to community members and their cameras, set firmly onto the world stage. For the last seven days international media attention saw the immensity of the Weld County disaster, and those terrifying images of flood water…
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Report Confirms Fracking Pollution Sickens Residents in Texas As Regulators Walk Away
A new report released today provides an important window into a disturbing national pattern regarding the oversight of fracking-enabled oil and gas development: regulators, charged with protecting the public, are actively …