Tag: EPA
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The Hidden Hazards in Your Laundry Basket
I’ve used perfume and dye-free laundry detergent for years, not because of any particular sensitivity but because it seemed smart to avoid unnecessary chemicals. And so I wasn’t prepared for the …
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Summer Beachgoers, Ditch Bottled Water to Protect Shores from Plastic Pollution
Worldwide, plastic is the most common type of marine litter, according to the Surfrider Foundation. An estimated 100,000 marine mammals and up to 1 million sea birds die every year after ingesting or becoming entangled in plastic marine litter. Plastic…
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EPA Pushes Back Fracking Impact Study to 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving back its timeline for release of its study on the impact of hydraulic fracturing from 2014 to 2016, the agency announced …
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WY Groups Call Foul as EPA Hands Fracking Groundwater Contamination Investigation Over to State
Pavillion-area citizens, landowners and environmental groups today condemned Gov. Mead’s announcement that the state is assuming control from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the investigation into groundwater contamination …
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Pennsylvanians Demand Clean Water and Moratorium on Fracking
Clean water activists and representatives gathered in the Capitol Wednesday to call on Gov. Corbett to speak publicly on the extent of water contamination from fracking for natural gas …