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January 18, 2014

Small Emission Sources Could Mean Big Pollution, But No One’s Counting

Small, poorly regulated sources can have large cumulative impacts By Irina Zhorov, Wyoming Public Media, January 17, 2014 Some landowners with oil and gas wells on […]
December 30, 2013

What the EPA Hoped You'd Miss This Holiday Season

From the Community Environmental Defense Council Wondering if you missed anything while busy with the holidays? Well, the EPA was sure hoping you would! You may […]
December 29, 2013

NYS Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal's Letter to Con Ed Concerning Radon in Natural Gas

Download the letter as a pdf December 19, 2013 Kevin Burke Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer Consolidated Edison Company of New York […]
December 29, 2013

Chesapeake to Pay $3.2M in Water Pollution Fines

Pleads guilty to 3 criminal charges for violations of the Clean Water Act’s “dredge-and-fill” permit requirements By Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette, December 19, 2013 […]
December 20, 2013

PA Supreme Court Strikes Down Controversial Portions of Act 13

The court held that portions of the law dealing with restrictions on local zoning violate Pennsylvania’s constitution By Marie Cusick, StateImpact, December 19, 2013 Read the […]
December 20, 2013

Low Levels of Fracking Wastewater Highly Toxic to Mayflies

Scientists find mayflies, whose presence indicates good water quality, are significantly affected by low levels of produced water By Diane Huskinson, Stroud Water Research Center, December […]
December 20, 2013

Impacts of Shale Gas Wastewater Disposal on Water Quality in Western PA

Environmental Science and Technology, September 10, 2013 By Nathaniel R. Warner, Cidney A. Christie, Robert B. Jackson, and Avner Vengosh Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, […]
December 18, 2013

Researchers Find Fracking Chemicals Disrupt Hormone Function

University of Missouri finds endocrine-disrupting activity linked to birth defects and infertility University of Missouri researchers have found greater hormone-disrupting properties in water located near hydraulic […]
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