EPA Sets Air Quality Regulations for Fracking Emissions: Effective 2015

by The Investigative Newswire on April 23, 2012 · comment

A natural gas well during the 'flaring' stage. photo: J.B. Pribanic

The EPA’s First Fracking Rules — Limited and Delayed by for Lena Groeger ProPublica The Environmental Protection Agency issued the first-ever national air pollution regulations for fracking on Wednesday. First proposed in July 2011, the final rules have been welcomed by environmental groups [...]

Is the Department of Homeland Security Equipped to Handle High-Risk Chemical Facilities?

by The Investigative Newswire on April 16, 2012 · comment

Pallets of 155 mm artillery shells containing "HD" (1) mustard gas at Pueblo chemical weapons storage facility in Colorado state, USA. Note the highly distinctive color coding scheme. The USA has been steadily destroying its entire stockpile of chemical weapons and will continue to do so until none remain. photo: Wikimedia Commons

Former Bush EPA chief sounds alarm on chemical security by Jim Morris for iWatch News Wading into a decade-old controversy, former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman has urged current EPA administrator Lisa Jackson to close loopholes in a [...]

Earthjustice Sues EPA Over Coal Ash Regulation

by The Investigative Newswire on April 9, 2012 · comment

IMPACT: Environmental groups sue EPA over lack of coal ash regulation by Emma Schwartz for iWatch News Environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court Thursday over the EPA’s failure to regulate disposal of toxic coal ash. “Politics and [...]

Pennsylvania Violations: With Every New Oil & Gas Well Drilled There Are No Guarantees

by Melissa Troutman on March 14, 2012 · comment

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Oil and Gas Reporting Website, oil and gas operators in the state have amassed 20,942 violations in the past decade, 3,393 of them issued for Marcellus Shale oil and gas wells. From [...]

EPA’s List of Questionable Chemicals Goes Almost Two Years Without Action

by The Investigative Newswire on February 13, 2012 · comment

‘Chemicals of concern’ list stuck at OMB EPA proposal has been under review for 638 days by Chris Hamby and Jim Morris for iWatch News About 21 months ago, a proposed list of widely used chemicals that may [...]

Dry Cleaning Chemical Considered a Likely Carcinogen by EPA

by The Investigative Newswire on February 13, 2012 · comment

by EWG The federal Environmental Protection Agency has declared tetrachloroethylene, or PERC, a chemical used by many dry cleaners, a “likely human carcinogen.” “The evidence against this ubiquitous dry cleaning chemical piled up for years, like dirty laundry [...]

EPA Speaks Out: Tells New York to Regulate Natural Gas Development Carefully

by The Investigative Newswire on January 16, 2012 · comment

North Central Pa. route before it hits the New York border where Marcellus Shale gas is currently being extracted, and a wastewater site is in the works that would treat water in Pa. but put New York watersheds at risk for contamination. photo: Melissa A. Troutman

EPA Sees Risks to Water, Workers In New York Fracking Rules by Joaquin Sapien for ProPublica New York’s emerging plan to regulate natural gas drilling in the gas-rich Marcellus Shale needs to go further to safeguard drinking water, [...]

Shoveling Water: The Life of a Predrill Test

by Melissa Troutman on December 19, 2011 · 6 Comments

This story was updated on January 4, 2012. What if a predrill water well test conducted during the biggest boom for natural gas became meaningless? At least one predrill test in Pennsylvania has been deemed insufficient by natural [...]

Drilling Risks: Research Suggests Natural Gas Leases Violate SEC Rules of Fraud

by The Investigative Newswire on December 12, 2011 · 2 Comments

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Gas Drilling Doublespeak Landowners Say Companies Kept Them in the Dark on Risks by Environmental Working Group (EWG) Gas drilling companies routinely warn their investors of a litany of possible disasters – such as leaks, spills, explosions, bodily [...]

Drinking Dimock: A Glass Full of Gas Water

by Melissa Troutman on December 5, 2011 · 4 Comments

If the case of groundwater contamination by natural gas drilling in Dimock, Pennsylvania sets precedent for how the state deals with damaged private water wells, they may not require that the party responsible for the contamination restore your water permanently, [...]