Articles Tagged With 'Drinking Water'

Interview: Former NY Environmental Commissioner Pete Grannis on Gas Drilling

by Marie C. Baca
ProPublica, Nov. 12, 2010, 7:55 a.m.

Recently ousted New York environmental commissioner Pete Grannis talks to ProPublica about hydraulic fracturing, his time as a regulator and the future of natural gas drilling in America.

Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not to Drink Their Water

by Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica, Sept. 1, 2010, 4:42 p.m.

The federal government is warning residents in a small Wyoming town with extensive natural gas development not to drink their water.

Chemicals Sneak Past Law Regulating Tap Water

by Alexandra Andrews
ProPublica, Dec. 17, 2009, 12:05 p.m.

The Safe Drinking Water Act is dangerously out of date, The New York Times reports, and industry lobbyists have thwarted efforts to tighten standards.