Tag: oil drilling
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Oil and Gas Operations Are a ‘Death Sentence for Soil’
No federal or state agency has ever assessed the impact of the oil and gas boom on soil and on human health …
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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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First-Ever Drill Site Approved Inside Alaskan Reserve Challenged
The plan approved by the Army Corps allows ConocoPhillips to build a drilling site within the boundaries of the reserve and connect it by a road and bridge to oil infrastructure outside the reserve. Reversing an earlier decision, the Corps rejected an alternative that would have minimized impacts to the Colville Delta, which provides habitat…