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• Fracking Operations Not Telling Investors Full Story on Environmental Risks: Report

  December 15, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A new report warns that oil and gas companies are not doing enough to disclose environmental risks of hydraulic fracturing to investors.

• Texas City Calls Fracking a “Public Nuisance”, Fights Legal Battle To Uphold Ban

  December 4, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  Voters in a Texas town are fighting to keep the state and Texas oil companies from forcing them to have hydraulic fracturing wells in their town following a vote to ban the mining operations.

• Legal Loophole Allows Toxic Benzene Use in Fracking Wells: Report

  November 5, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A new report highlights the use of benzene, a known toxic carcinogen, in hydraulic fracturing operations.

• Fracking Wastewater Treatments Still Leave Harmful Materials: Study

  September 26, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  Wastewater treatment plants may not be able to remove some potentially harmful chemical byproducts from hydraulic fracturing wastewater, according to the findings of a new study.

• Hydro Fracking Wells Can Taint Drinking Water: Report

  September 22, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  Researchers have found that poorly made hydraulic fracturing wells have caused groundwater contamination in a number of case.

• Fracking Health Risks Would Negatively Impact Maryland: Report

  August 21, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A new report warns that negative health and environmental effects are likely if a gas mining procedure known as fracking is allowed to flourish in Western Maryland.

• Water Ban in Toledo, Ohio Continues Due to Contamination

  August 4, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  Toledo-area residents have been warned not to drink the water for a third straight day due to algae bloom contamination.

• W.VA Water Contamination Lawsuit Includes Airport As Defendant

  July 8, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  A local airport has been added to a lawsuit over a coal chemical spill that left hundreds of thousands in West Virginia without water. The complaint says that the airport's runway extension contributed to the spill.

• New York Cities Can Block Hydrofracking Operations, Court Rules

  July 2, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that cities have the right to ban hydraulic fracturing as part of their zoning authority.

• EPA May Require Fracking Chemical Disclosures

  May 12, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The EPA may soon require oil and gas companies to reveal their secret recipes for hydraulic fracturing fluids.