Tag: Fracking Wastewater
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Game-Changing Fracking Wastewater Report Leaves Little Wiggle Room For Industry Deceptions
Alberta-based environmental consultant Jessica Ernst just released the first comprehensive catalog and summary compendium of facts related to the contamination of North America’s ground water sources resulting from the oil and gas industry’s controversial practice of fracking …
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U.S. Fracking Industry Reacts to Water Scarcity Issues
“When all of us had nothing [before the oil boom], there was nothing to fight about … Now, so many friendships have been destroyed because of water and oil.”
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New Jersey Residents Demand Fracking Waste Ban
Residents, activists and community leaders held coordinated actions across New Jersey yesterday to pressure legislative leaders into acting on the Fracking Waste Ban Bill. Notably, they collected and delivered …
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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 …