Articles tagged with Safe Drinking Water Act

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In New Gas Wells, More Drilling Chemicals Remain Underground

This story was co-published with Politico.

For more than a decade the energy industry has steadfastly argued before courts, C … more…

Chemicals Sneak Past Law Regulating Tap Water

This is one of our editors' picks from our ongoing roundup of Investigations Elsewhere.

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Congress Tells EPA to Study Hydraulic Fracturing

Nov. 11: This post has been updated.

Five years ago the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency assured the nation that the technology … more…

With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater

Nov. 3: This post has been updated.

Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the … more…

Gas Execs Call for Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing

Two prominent gas industry executives have directly addressed one of the key environmental concerns surrounding the expansion of natu … more…

EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyo. Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking

Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that … more…

Democrats Call for Studies as Industry Assails Proposals to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing

A version of this story was co-published with Salon.

Legislators who've been pushing a bill to regulate a controversial natural gas … more…

New York State Drilling Bill Would Override State Regulators to Protect Water

Oil and gas industry representatives have been singing the praises of state environmental regulations in recent weeks as they work to … more…