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ProPublica: New study predicts frack fluids can migrate to aquifers within years

Posted Fri, 2012/05/04 - 9:19am by RCAP

 

by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, May 1, 2012, 4:29 p.m.

A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, concluding that fracking chemicals injected into the ground could migrate toward drinking water supplies far more quickly than experts have previously predicted.

Obama administration announces new partnership on Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Research

Posted Fri, 2012/04/20 - 11:39am by RCAP

WASHINGTON – Three federal agencies announced April 13 a formal partnership to coordinate and align all research associated with development of our nation’s abundant unconventional natural gas and oil resources. The partnership exemplifies the cross-government coordination required under President Obama’s executive order released earlier that day, which created a new Interagency Working Group to Support Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources.

ProPublica: So, Is Dimock's Water Really Safe to Drink?

Posted Fri, 2012/03/23 - 10:58am by RCAP

by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, March 20, 2012

March 21: This post has been corrected.

When the Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that tests showed the water is safe to drink in Dimock, Penn., a national hot spot for concerns about fracking, it seemed to vindicate the energy industry's insistence that drilling had not caused pollution in the area.