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Tag: Contamination
NYC watershed report bolsters case for DeGette FRAC Act
New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection last week issued a report that casts serious doubts on the common natural gas drilling process of...
New York report blasts gas industry as GarCo weighs FRAC Act...
Even as the Garfield County commissioners today take up debate on a resolution regarding the FRAC (Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals) Act, an...
GarCo commissioners show resolve on drilling spill, but not yet on...
The Garfield County commissioners Monday did decide to fire off a strongly-worded resolution condemning contamination of drinking water by the natural-gas industry. It just...
Report: GarCo oil and gas dept. tiny despite growing complaints, workload
Despite a growing number of complaints from Garfield County residents about the environmental impacts of natural gas drilling, the county department charged with addressing...
Reports trace spring contamination to two Western Slope gas companies
The Glenwood Springs Post-Independent Wednesday, piggybacking on reporting by the Denver Post on Sunday, revealed a private consulting firm in Littleton narrowed down the...
More fodder for FRAC Act backers as Pa. officials shut down...
State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officials in Pennsylvania have ordered Texas-based Cabot Oil and Gas to stop all hydraulic fracturing activities in Susquehanna...
Fracking fluid kills fish in Pennsylvania stream, state enviro officials say
ProPublica Monday reported environmental officials were scrambling to clean up 8,000 gallons of a “potential carcinogen” manufactured by Halliburton and used in a natural...
EPA: Colorado home to high number of coal-ash disposal ponds
Colorado ranks a surprising fourth on the list of states hosting wet coal-ash dumping ponds. An Environmental Protection Agency list obtained through a Freedom...
Spurned Again by Bureaucrats, Flats’ Workers Look to Congress
The conversation took place earlier this week between Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt. The discussion...