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A fracking drill rig.
September 8, 2014

Drilling Contamination Clear At Last in Pennsylvania

By Dru Marion  /  Headquarters Office

On Aug. 29, in a small step towards greater transparency, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection released agency response letters confirming 243 cases in which drinking water supplies were contaminated by oil and gas drilling since 2008.

Pavillion, Wyoming. "Produced" water is brought back to the surface after fracking takes place. The water and fracking fluid is placed into evaporation ponds.
August 19, 2014

Study Shows Aquifers Threatened by Fracking

By Dru Marion  /  Headquarters Office

Throughout the U.S. oil and gas boom, frackers have countered public concerns about water contamination with the assurance that drilling operations target deposits that sit much deeper than drinking-water aquifers. This picture is not entirely accurate, according to recent research.

A humpback whale with newborn calf.
July 28, 2014

Obama Opens Door to More Dirty Drilling in Atlantic

By Dru Marion  /  Headquarters Office

On July 18, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management gave its stamp of approval to a framework for oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic Ocean, on an area of land stretching from Florida to the Delaware Bay.