Drilling Down: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers

While the existence of the toxic wastes has been reported, thousands of internal documents obtained by The New York Times from the Environmental Protection Agency, state regulators and drillers show that the dangers to the environment and health are greater than previously understood. Full Story »

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Chris Finnie
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by Chris Finnie - Feb. 27, 2011

Years ago, I read of similar problems with wells in Montana that were ruining ranch land and their limited water supplies, and just last week about the mayor of a small town in Texas who left town because of the health problems his children were suffering. Ranchers said they were losing ranches that had been in their families for generations because the tainted water killed their cattle. The mayor had worked for years to get some oversight of the drilling operations. But it appears little has changed. Though this article barely touches on the nationwide issues, it does a very thorough job of looking at a more limited geographic area.

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