February 11, 2013
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Boosted By Methane Releases, Oil And Gas Sector Is Number Two in Global Warming Pollution

By Tom Kenworthy
By Public Lands Team on Feb 8, 2013 at 10:43 am

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/02/08/1561571/oil-gas-number-two/
Reporting for the first time on GHGs from petroleum and natural gas systems, the EPA this week said that the oil and gas sector ranked …

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January 31, 2013
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Alarming Questions about EPA’s Oversight of Oil and Gas Drillers

Joint statement by Bruce Baizel, Director of Earthworks’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project, and Dusty Horwitt, Senior Counsel for Environmental Working Group, EWG

WASHINGTON – January 17 – A report yesterday by the Associated Press that the U.S. Environmental Protection …

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December 14, 2012
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EPA Initiates New Effort for Low-Dose, Hormone-Like Chemicals

EPA responds to scientists’ concerns about endocrine disruptors
By Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News, Dec. 13, 2012

Spurred by mounting scientific evidence, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is initiating a new effort to examine whether low doses of hormone-mimicking chemicals …

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December 14, 2012
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NYS AG Schneiderman Prepares Methane Suit Against EPA

Schneiderman’s coalition charges that the EPA violated the Clean Air Act when it failed to address methane emissions in the August 2012 regulations.
By Casey Seiler, Capital Confidential, Dec. 11, 2012

CLICK HERE to read the letter to EPA Administrator …

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December 5, 2012
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Chesapeake Appalachia Sentenced for Clean Water Act Violations

Chesapeake Appalachia to pay a fine of $600,000.
By NEWS9, December 3, 2012

Chesapeake Appalachia was sentenced Monday in federal court for three violations of the Clean Water Act related to natural gas drilling activity in Wetzel County, according to …

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October 15, 2012
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EPA Fracking Investigation in Wyoming Revisited After Objections

Validity of initial water sampling results confirmed
By Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, October 11, 2012

In December of last year, Ars reported on a major EPA study in Pavillion, Wyoming that concluded hydraulic fracking operations there had contaminated the …

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September 6, 2012
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Federal Health Officials to Assess Dimock Pollution Risk

Probe follows positive tests by EPA for hazards in aquifer
By Tom Wilber, Shale Gas Review, September 4, 2012

Federal health officials are assessing risks related to elevated levels of arsenic, barium, manganese, and methane in an aquifer that supplies …

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April 29, 2012
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The U.S. EPA Official who Oversaw the George W. Bush Administration’s 2004 Study of Hydraulic Fracturing says its Conclusions about Safety have been Exaggerated for Years.

This article is from May, 2011, but is even more pertinent today as ever more is revealed about the health effects of the live-in hydraulic fracturing experiment.
By MIKE SORAGHAN of Greenwire, May 20, 2011

The U.S. EPA official who …

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March 2, 2012
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Federal Scientists Warn NY of Fracking Risks

Federal Scientists Warn NY of Fracking Risks
By Dusty Horwitt, Senior Counsel, EWG, February 22, 2012

The U.S. Geological Survey has warned New York state regulators that their plan to allow drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the …

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February 8, 2012
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Charting the Government’s Moves on Fracking

From Gung-Ho to Uh-Oh: Charting the Government’s Moves on Fracking

by Lena Groeger, ProPublica, February 7, 2012

Fracking has only recently become a household word, but government involvement with the drilling technique goes back decades. President Obama has championed…

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January 31, 2012
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DCS Urges YOU to Contact President Obama

DCS urges YOU to send a letter and call President Obama to tell him he is wrong to encourage fracking for shale gas as our energy future. This is a live-in experiment going horribly wrong.

The excellent letter below was …

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January 31, 2012
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DCS's Letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Damascus Citizens has sent a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu about the President’s comments on shale gas in his State of the Union address to tell him he is wrong to encourage fracking as our energy future. This is …

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