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EPA announces schedule to develop natural gas wastewater standards

Posted Wed, 2011/11/02 - 11:17am by RCAP

Announcement is part of administration’s priority to ensure natural gas development continues safely and responsibly

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a schedule to develop standards for wastewater discharges produced by natural gas extraction from underground coalbed and shale formations.

NY Times: A Tainted Water Well, and Concern There May Be More

Posted Thu, 2011/08/04 - 5:28pm by RCAP

On August 3, The New York Times published an article that begins:

For decades, oil and gas industry executives as well as regulators have maintained that a drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, that is used for most natural gas wells has never contaminated underground drinking water.

Public radio's "This American Life" examines fracking

Posted Tue, 2011/07/12 - 11:42am by RCAP

Public radio's popular program "This American Life" examines hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in its latest episode.