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Nicholas Kusnetz has written for The Nation, Miller-McCune, The New York Times and other publications. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Residents Divided About PA’s Agreement With Gas Drilling Company Over Water Contamination

Dec. 21, 2010, 7 p.m.

Residents of Dimock, Pa., are surprised—and in some cases upset—by a settlement that state environmental regulators reached last week with Cabot Oil & Gas, which the Department of Environmental Protection says contaminated local water from its gas drilling operations.

Massachusetts Posts Pharma Payments to Health Providers

Nov. 23, 2010, 11:48 a.m.

This week, Massachusetts became the first state to post an online database of payments from drug and medical device companies to the state’s health care providers.

Drug Firms Say They’ll Take Closer Look at the Docs They Pay

Nov. 18, 2010, 12:35 a.m.

Seven drug companies paid $7.1 million to 292 doctors who faced disciplinary action or other regulatory sanctions, ProPublica found. Several companies say they may take steps to tighten screening procedures for physicians who are paid as speakers or for other activities promoting prescription drugs.

How Patients Can Use This Data

Oct. 18, 2010, 11:46 p.m.

We created our Dollars for Docs database partly as an educational tool. How can patients use it? We interviewed medical and academic experts to ask for advice.

Consumer Reports: Most Patients Worry About Pharma Payments to Doctors

Oct. 18, 2010, 11:42 p.m.

A Consumer Reports survey has found that patients say they would be concerned about the quality of care they receive from a doctor who is paid to promote a drug. And they said they want to know about such payments.

Wyoming Fracking Rules Would Disclose Drilling Chemicals

Sept. 14, 2010, 4:17 p.m.

New rules place Wyoming at the forefront of the national push to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.  Residents in drilling areas have complained about contamination of their wells that they believe is from fracking.

New York Senate Passes Temporary Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing

Aug. 4, 2010, 5:17 p.m.

The New York Senate passes a bill intended to temporarily ban hydraulic fracturing. But it might also end up temporarily banning most gas and oil drilling in the state.

A Reading List to Put the WikiLeaks ‘War Logs’ in Context

July 26, 2010, 4:49 p.m.

The WikiLeaks documents on the war in Afghanistan provide a closer look at Pakistan, civilian casualities and other long-building issues.

Drilling Company Says It Will List Hazardous Chemicals Used in Fracking

July 15, 2010, 12:45 p.m.

Range Resources plans to disclose details of the chemicals it uses to drill for natural gas in Pennsylvania. Some believe that chemicals used in the drilling process, called hydraulic fracturing, are contaminating drinking water.

For Gas-Drilling Data, There’s a New Place to Dig

July 12, 2010, 2:01 p.m.

A couple of environmental and public health groups have teamed up to create FracTracker, a website that lets users post and find information about natural gas drilling and where it is happening.

A Fracking First in Pennsylvania: Cattle Quarantine

July 2, 2010, 4:41 p.m.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued its first livestock quarantine, keeping 28 beef cattle off the market because they may have been exposed to contaminated wastewater from hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.

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