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EPA Must Do More to Prevent Diesel in Fracking Fluid from Threatening Water
EPA Must Do More to Prevent Diesel in Fracking Fluid from Threatening WaterThursday, August 23, 2012EWG comments on EPA’s on draft guidance for oil and gas companies that use diesel in fracking fluids....
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EWG on the election
EWG on the electionWednesday, November 7, 2012 In the wake of the 2012 election, Environmental Working Group has issued the following statements on three key issues central to EWG’s mission: Federal...
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Drilling Rigs: Not So Pretty In Pink
Drilling Rigs: Not So Pretty In PinkThursday, November 15, 2012I almost spilled my coffee the day I clicked the link in my morning email to an article in the Norman, Okla. newspaper headlined,...
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Policy Plate: What the Frack is in our Food?
Policy Plate: What the Frack is in our Food?Thursday, November 29, 2012The Nation's cover story (Dec.17) examines the potential for the nation's drilling and fracking operations to contaminate our...
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EWG Seeks Answers About Loophole in Proposed New York Fracking Plan
EWG Seeks Answers About Loophole in Proposed New York Fracking PlanFriday, November 30, 2012EWG is requesting records from New York officials to shed light on a potentially glaring loophole in the...
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California Issues Early Draft of Fracking Regulations
California Issues Early Draft of Fracking RegulationsTuesday, December 18, 2012 The California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources has released a preliminary draft of regulations that for the...
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Fracking in or near your backyard
Fracking in or near your backyardWednesday, January 9, 2013The film “Promised Land,” now showing in theaters across the country, plays off the intense national conversation about the relatively new...
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POLL: Water is High Priority for Bipartisan Majority of Americans
POLL: Water is High Priority for Bipartisan Majority of AmericansThursday, January 10, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans are not opposed to more domestic energy production, but they are unwilling to...
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EWG Says Proposed NY State Fracking Rules Won't Assure Safety
EWG Says Proposed NY State Fracking Rules Won't Assure SafetyFriday, January 11, 2013 The Environmental Working Group today submitted comments to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation...
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AP Report Raises Alarming Questions about EPA’s Oversight of Oil and Gas...
AP Report Raises Alarming Questions about EPA’s Oversight of Oil and Gas DrillersThursday, January 17, 2013 A report yesterday by the Associated Press that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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Groups Urge Probe of EPA Actions in Texas Water Contamination Case
Groups Urge Probe of EPA Actions in Texas Water Contamination CaseMonday, February 11, 2013 More than 80 organizations from 12 states and a New York state senator today called on the inspector general...
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Natural Gas Adds To Greenhouse Problem
Natural Gas Adds To Greenhouse ProblemTuesday, February 26, 2013In his State of the Union address, President Obama perpetuated a misleading idea -- that natural gas can reduce emissions of greenhouse...
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EWG’s FracFocus Principles
EWG’s FracFocus PrinciplesFriday, March 8, 2013A growing number of states – Texas, Montana, Colorado and South Dakota, to name a few – are requiring oil and gas drilling companies to disclose the...
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Is Natural Gas Toxic in Water?
Is Natural Gas Toxic in Water?Tuesday, March 19, 2013As drilling for natural gas pushes more and more into shale formations in populated areas, the problem of gas bubbling into drinking water is...
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Congressmen Target Fracking Loopholes to Stem Pollution
Congressmen Target Fracking Loopholes to Stem PollutionThursday, March 21, 2013 WASHINGTON – Growing numbers of Americans have had to contend with the harmful environmental impacts of oil and natural...
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EWG Celebrates 13 Women Scientists in 2013 Women’s History Month
EWG Celebrates 13 Women Scientists in 2013 Women’s History MonthMonday, March 25, 2013March is Women’s History Month, when the nation honors the many women who have had a lasting impact on American...
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Methane Hunt Shines Light on Natural Gas
Methane Hunt Shines Light on Natural Gas Friday, April 12, 2013 New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is only the latest of a number of commentators who have been advancing the dubious argument that...
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Does Frac Sand Harm Public Health?
Does Frac Sand Harm Public Health?Monday, April 29, 2013 As drilling operations for natural gas and oil in the U.S. have expanded into shale and other unconventional underground formations, so has the...
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Fracking Bill Gains Bipartisan Support
Fracking Bill Gains Bipartisan SupportThursday, May 9, 2013 WASHINGTON – Today Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.) reintroduced the bipartisan Fracturing Responsibility and...
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Fracking Harms Won’t Respect Town Boundaries
Fracking Harms Won’t Respect Town BoundariesWednesday, May 15, 2013Earlier this month, a New York appellate court upheld a lower court ruling that cities and towns in New York state have the right to...
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