Tag: North Dakota
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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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Industrial Hemp Legislation Passes U.S. House of Representatives
“Our fear of industrial hemp is misplaced—it is not a drug. By allowing colleges and universities to cultivate hemp for research, Congress sends a signal that we are ready to examine hemp in a different and more appropriate context.”
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Pro-Hemp Legislation Introduced in House Farm Bill
Vote Hemp released an action alert encouraging support for a new bi-partisan amendment in support of industrial hemp to the Farm Bill in the House, being introduced by …
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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.”