Tag: Fracking Wastewater
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Groundbreaking Report Calculates Damage Done by Fracking
As federal policy makers decide on rules for fracking on public lands, a new report calculates the toll of this dirty drilling on our environment, including 280 billion gallons of toxic wastewater generated by fracking in 2012 …
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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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Criminal Charges Filed Against ExxonMobil Subsidiary in PA for Dumping Toxic Fracking Wastewater
Attorney General Kathleen Kane on Tuesday afternoon filed criminal charges against a Pennsylvania subsidiary of ExxonMobil for illegally discharging more than 50,000 gallons of toxic wastewater …
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Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Dumping Toxic Fracking Wastewater Into River
While some toxic fracking wastewater is injected into wells, it has also been dumped illegally into streams and rivers, contaminating Ohio’s waterways.
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Fracking Wastewater Spill Kills Rare Fish in KY, Puts Entire Species at Risk
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently published a peer-reviewed journal article that discusses the results of the investigation into a 2007 fracking wastewater spill in Kentucky …