June 9, 2009
111th Congress 1st Session H.R.
Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Polis of Colorado) introduced the following bill:
To repeal the exemption for hydraulic fracturing in the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.
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November 13, 2008
Published by Damascus Citizens at November 13, 2008
Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, Nov. 13, 2008, 1 p.m
ProPublica, Nov. 13, 2008, 1 p.m
In July, a hydrologist dropped a plastic sampling pipe 300 feet down a water well in rural Sublette County, Wyo., and pulled up a load of brown oily water with a foul …
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September 17, 2008
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Dear Administrator Johnson:
The undersigned environmental and public health groups join together in urging you to withdraw recent changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) chemical assessment program, the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). The new policy issued …
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