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Why Asbestos is Still Being Used

by The Investigative Newswire on May 14, 2012 · comment

Asbestos: Still legal and in use — Reuters Investigates by ReutersTV The word “asbestos” is enough to clear a room, if not a building. Reuters’ correspondent Ben Berkowitz explores the hazards of asbestos with Mark Van Baalen, a [...]

What’s Changed in Federal Fracking Regulations?

by The Investigative Newswire on May 14, 2012 · comment

$The new federal rules for fracking do not apply to wells on private property, such as the one next to Jim Harkins home in Potter County, Pa. photo: J.B.Pribanic$

40 Acres and a Rule: Draft Federal Fracking Regs Cover Only A Sliver of Land by Lena Groeger Last week’s media coverage of the Obama administration’s newly-proposed fracking rules focused so heavily on how drilling companies would have to [...]

Fracking Chemicals Can Migrate to Groundwater, According to New Study

by The Investigative Newswire on May 7, 2012 · comment

$Hydraulic fracturing fluid tanks on a Marcellus Shale natural gas well pad in Eulalia Township, Potter County Pennsylvania. © J.B.Pribanic$

New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years by Abrahm Lustgarten for ProPublica A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, concluding that fracking chemicals injected into the [...]