Tag: Oklahoma
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Follow the Fracking Money All the Way to Keystone XL Conflicts of Interest
Most don’t think of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, when pondering the future of TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands export pipeline—but they should.
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Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills Advance Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda in 2013
ALEC bills in recent years have pulled states out of regional climate initiatives, opposed carbon dioxide emission standards, created hurdles for state agencies attempting to regulate pollution and tried to stop …
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ExxonMobil Fined for Fracking Wastewater Spill into Pennsylvania River
The U.S Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handed the fine down to XTO Energy, which Exxon bought out in 2010, based on an alleged violation of the federal Clean Water Act …
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Ohio Fights Back After Becoming the Nation’s Fracking Waste Dump
Ohio is home to 190,000 of the 680,000 fracking fluid disposal wells nationwide. Last year, more than 14 million barrels of the toxic waste were injected into …
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Increased Frequency of Earthquakes Linked to Fracking Wastewater Injection Wells
The increased rates of earthquakes occurring in the central and eastern U.S over the past few years is a growing cause of concern. Two recent reports delve into the probability of man-made, induced earthquakes …