Articles Tagged With 'Safe Drinking Water Act'
Joaquin Sapien and Abrahm Lustgarten on the EPA and Gas Drilling
ProPublica reporters take a look at the EPA's decision to conduct a nationwide scientific study of hydraulic fracturing.
Broad Scope of EPA’s Fracturing Study Raises Ire of Gas Industry
A new EPA study of hydraulic fracturing is expected to provide a broad look at the natural gas drilling process, including injection spills, leaks and water contamination incidents.
In New Gas Wells, More Drilling Chemicals Remain Underground
Hydraulic fracturing is exempted from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act, but new information raises questions about that exemption.
Chemicals Sneak Past Law Regulating Tap Water
The Safe Drinking Water Act is dangerously out of date, The New York Times reports, and industry lobbyists have thwarted efforts to tighten standards.
Congress Tells EPA to Study Hydraulic Fracturing
Legislation calls for a new review of a 2004 report in which the Environmental Protection Agency gave its blessing to the controversial drilling method.
With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater
Contamination in the Monongahela River has raised questions about how Pennsylvania will handle the volume of wastewater produced by oil and gas wells.
Gas Execs Call for Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing
Because of growing concern about water contamination, some in the gas industry say companies should be more open about the chemicals used in drilling.
EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyo. Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking
Contaminated wells in Wyoming could become the first to be scientifically linked to a gas-drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing.
Democrats Call for Studies as Industry Assails Proposals to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing
Legislators who've been pushing a bill to regulate a controversial natural gas drilling process are now calling for further scientific study, a change in tack made under intense lobbying pressure and after a personal request from Colorado's Democratic governor.
