Tag: fracking
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Breaking: 5,250 Gallons of Oil Spill into Colorado’s South Platte River
A damaged oil tank has dumped 5,250 gallons of oil into the S. Platte River south of Milliken, CO, yesterday …
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Pennsylvania State Senator Announces Fracking Moratorium Legislation
EcoWatch By Laura Beans At a press event today, State Senator Jim Ferlo (D-Pittsburgh) announced the introduction of the Natural Gas Drilling Moratorium Act, Senate Bill 1100, that would place a moratorium on issuing new permits for fracking in Pennsylvania. He was joined by PennEnvironment, Food & Water Watch, other community and environmental advocacy groups,…
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Fracking and Colorado Flooding Don’t Mix
In time, the corporate press may turn to measuring the environmental damage these floods have caused wildlife and land, both public and private. But it’s doubtful, given the ruling elite’s bias toward oil and gas development everywhere in the state, th…
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Industry Funded Fracking Study Fatally Flawed
Today, the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources released a study funded by the Environmental Defense Fund and the natural gas industry that stated two things: that the sample size it looked at …
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How the Fracking Boom Impacts Rural Ohio
The shale gas drilling boom is not just a theoretical possibility for the 28,587 people of Carroll County, OH. They are already living with dramatic changes to the county’s woods and fields and rolling hills. This photo tour …