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Duke Study – Fracking wastewater contaminated, and likely radioactive

Melanie Blanding       NBC News    October 3, 2013 In a study published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, researchers found high levels of radioactivity, salts and metals...

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Marcellus Gas Facilities, Near To One Another Or Even Linked, Are Evaluated...

Don Hopey      Pittsburgh Post-Gazette         October 6, 2013 More than 450 natural gas compressor stations and processing plants have been built in Pennsylvania since 2008, when Marcellus Shale gas...

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Loyalsock State Forest Development Plan Released

Morgan Myers       Williamsport Sun-Gazette     October 16, 2013 The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Tuesday released Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s development plan for the Clarence Moore...

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Study, Cleanup Underway in PA Streams Contaminated by Wastewater Radiation

The before, during and after of the fracking fluid recycling process. A study published by the journal Environmental Science & Technology last week brought widespread attention to a fact...

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DEP Secretary: Regulating Radiation May Be “Next Frontier” of Drilling Oversight

Marie Cusick      StateImpact PA/NPR      November 11, 2013 | 11:38 AM  The state Department of Environmental Protection’s acting Secretary Chris Abruzzo says regulating the radioactive materials...

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Strong Rules on Fracking in Wyoming Seen as Model

Kate Galbraith         The New York Times        November 22, 2013 In energy-friendly Wyoming, oil and gas companies are getting a clear message: Drill, baby, drill — but carefully. Last week, state...

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Gas Pipeline Boom Fragmenting Pennsylvania’s Forests

Naveena Sadasivam      InsideClimate News        Dec 10, 2013 Many of the pipelines to serve fracking are being built deep in the state’s 16 million acres of forest. ‘The scale of this thing is off the...

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Scientists Convinced of Tie Between Earthquakes and Drilling

Alicia Chang       Associated Press       April 23, 2015 With the evidence coming in from one study after another, scientists are now more certain than ever that oil and gas drilling is causing...

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Fracking Chemicals Detected in Pennsylvania Drinking Water

Nicholas St. Fleur      New York Times     May 4, 2015 An analysis of drinking water sampled from three homes in Bradford County, Pa., revealed traces of a compound commonly found in Marcellus Shale...

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Study Links Foam in Water Wells to Shale Well Sites

Laura Legere       Pittsburgh Post-Gazette    May 4, 2015 White foam in northeastern Pennsylvania water wells likely was caused by Marcellus Shale gas well sites that have already been blamed for...

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New Technique Shows Shale-Drilling Additives in Drinking Water Taps Near Leak

Matthew Carroll        Penn State News             May 4, 2015 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Substances commonly used for drilling or extracting Marcellus shale gas foamed from the drinking water taps of...

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DEP Fines Range Resources $8.9 million for Marcellus Shale Gas Well

Don Hopey         Pittsburgh Post-Gazette     June 16, 2015 The state Department of Environmental Protection is seeking to fine Range Resources-Appalachia LLC $8.9 million for failing to fix a gas well...

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PA Studies Link Fracking with Health Problems

  DON SAPATKIN         Phila Inquirer        July 15, 2015 For all the talk about what hydraulic fracking might mean for human health, there has been little scientific evidence. That is slowly starting...

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PA Study Links Fracking to Health Hazards in Fetuses, Infants, and Young Childre

Press Release: Ocean City, NJ – June 15, 2015 – In one of the first studies of its kind, Joseph J. Mangano of the Radiation and Public Health Project found disturbing links between hydraulic fracturing...

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Oil & Gas Drilling Impacts Public Drinking Water Supplies in Potter County

Melissa Troutman        Public Herald    September 25, 2015 Two public drinking water systems have been impacted and at least seven private water supplies contaminated due to ongoing pollution being...

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Study: Fracking Industry Wells Associated With Premature Birth

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health    October 12, 2015 NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS INCREASED RISK OF ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES CLOSER TO ACTIVE UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS WELLS Expectant mothers who live...

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Fracking Sharply Reduces Property Values for Property Owners Who Use Well Water

Phys.org      December 15, 2015 Home values decline steeply when fracking occurs in neighborhoods that use well water, says new research from Duke University. But the outcome differs in neighborhoods...

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Toxins found in fracking fluids and wastewater, study shows

Michael Greenwood            Yale News         January 6, 2016 In an analysis of more than 1,000 chemicals in fluids used in and created by hydraulic fracturing (fracking), Yale School of Public...

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Fracking Wastewater Is Cancer-Causing, New Study Confirms

GreenMedinfo.com     January 4, 2016 The fracking industry likes to call its product “natural gas,” but the natural consequence of its activity is the production of billions of gallons of...

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Science panel faults EPA fracking probe for excluding baseline water testing

Jon Hurdle       StateImpact PA             January 6, 2016 The Environmental Protection Agency’s landmark investigation into the impact of fracking on drinking water lacked baseline testing that would...

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