Tag: fracking
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New Report Finds Fracking Poses Health Risks to Pregnant Women and Children
The report, Toxic and Dirty Secrets: The Truth about Fracking and Your Family’s Health, shows how chemicals related to the oil and gas industry when conducting fracking operations can pollute the air and water in communities around fracking sites and …
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New Yorkers to Rally Against Fracking and In Support of Renewable Energy June 17
The oil and gas industry has poured millions of dollars into New York to lobby, influence elected officials and saturate the state with pro-fracking propaganda, but grassroots opponents remain more passionate than supporters. Although the gas industry’s spokespeople and propaganda campaign …
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Residential Water Well Fails in Michigan after Fracking Begins Nearby
As Encana’s fracking operation continues in Rapid River Township, local residents are losing water pressure with water coming out of the tap that looks like milk.
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An Inside Look at the Fight to Stop Fracking in Michigan
Frack wells in Michigan are using 8 to 12 to 21 million gallons of fresh water per horizontal run, water that frackers are allowed to draw at no cost other than the cost of drilling a water well on the frack well pad. Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality …
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Oil and Gas Industry Targets Tennessee After State Passes Fracking Rules
The relatively untapped Chattanooga shale field—which runs from southern Kentucky through central Tennessee—will soon see a long awaited incursion of major gas and oil companies …