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Government Warns Against Contaminated Water in Wyoming Town
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Freshwater wells deemed unsafe because of hydrocarbons.
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Fracking Regulations Vary Widely from State to State
A look at how states across America are facing deep frack dilemmas.
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Michigan Says It’s Ready For Next Drilling Boom
“Fracking” is the injection of water and chemicals to rupture deep shale and release natural gas.
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EPA Announces Study to Re-Examine the Health Risks of Hydrofracking
States have begun implementing stricter standards for the controversial natural gas drilling process.
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Michigan’s New Natural Gas Rush: Energy and Water in Play
Unprecedented mineral leasing could be big for energy production and hydraulic fracturing.
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Natural Gas Found in Aral Sea’s Dry Bed
Test wells produce the first significant volumes of gas, confirming speculation about gas reserves in the region.
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Where Energy Development Puts Rivers at Risk
American Rivers’ annual tally of threatened rivers highlights effects of drilling for natural gas.
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States Seek Profit, Regulation from Natural Gas Drilling
Pennsylvania's latest budget proposal includes a tax on energy firms that tap the state’s shale gas reserves.
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NYC Seeks to Ban Gas Drilling Within the City’s Watershed
Fracking could contaminate New York’s unfiltered water supply and require costly filtration, report says.
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Peter Gleick: What the Frack? Poisoning Water for Energy Profits
Injecting water, chemicals, and sand to "frack" the gas from shale rock formations.
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Faucet Flambé in Colorado Sparks Concern About Natural Gas Leaks
Water and fire don't mix, but in Colorado such idioms may soon explode.
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Rocky Mountain Oil Range: Is Water for Shale?
The West harbors beneath its jagged peaks three times more…