Tag: fracking
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Interactive Website Compares Alternate Energy Futures
The Two Energy Futures site allows users to visualize and explore two energy futures—one fossil fuel based and one based on clean energy—and learn about the impacts of the different fuels involved, such as tar sands, biofuels and shale gas.
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Encana Ignores High Fire Risk as Fracked Gas Flares in Michigan State Forest
Fire Department officials state they had not been informed prior to flaring by Encana, nor have they received any specialized training in connection with …
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How Fracking Decreases Property Value
A Duke University and Resources for the Future study found that the most significant factor in the impact of oil and gas development near residential property is whether water is piped in or sourced on-site from a well …
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ExxonMobil Fined for Fracking Wastewater Spill into Pennsylvania River
The U.S Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handed the fine down to XTO Energy, which Exxon bought out in 2010, based on an alleged violation of the federal Clean Water Act …
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Youngstown Pushes for Protections From Fracking, Earthquakes and Pollution
The group says that a “Yes” vote on that ballot question would uphold Youngstown citizens’ fundamental rights to protect their family’s safe drinking water, clean air and land, and to local self-governance …