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...
View ArticleMarcellus 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...
View ArticleLoyalsock 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...
View ArticleStudy, 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...
View ArticleDEP 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...
View ArticleStrong 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...
View ArticleGas 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...
View ArticleScientists 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...
View ArticleFracking 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...
View ArticleStudy 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleDEP 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...
View ArticlePA 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...
View ArticlePA 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...
View ArticleOil & 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...
View ArticleStudy: 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...
View ArticleFracking 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...
View ArticleToxins 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...
View ArticleFracking 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...
View ArticleScience 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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