From iWatch News by The Center for Public Integrity:Local leaders sue for right to control location of gas wellsWhen Pennsylvania passed a state law that stripped local authority over where potentially hazardous natural gas wells could be drilled, cities and…
read moreLocation: Oklahoma City, Okla., and Albuquerque, N.M. From May 2 through 4, EPA will be sponsoring a training workshop in Oklahoma City, Okla., for federally- recognized tribes and Alaskan Native Villages to help increase participants’ skills and knowledge in how to…
read more2012 is the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the nation’s law for protecting our most irreplaceable resource. This year, EPA and others will highlight the tremendous progress in reducing pollution since 1972, the many milestones along the way,…
read moreThis article was originally published on Nov. 6, 2010, in The New York Times.By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and TOM ZELLER Jr.In the sparsely populated pastures of De Soto Parish in Louisiana, the ability to extract gas from shale — which can…
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