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US EPA Released Guidelines for The Use of Diesel Fuel in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid
Feb 13, 2014In a long-anticipated move, the US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released guidelines for the use of diesel fuel in hydraulic fracturing fluid. The guidelines bring the agency into compliance with the Energy Policy Act of ...
Tags: Diesel Fuel, Fracking Fluid
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A Link Between Fracking and Illness in Food Animals
Jul 10, 2013Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling ...
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Growing Hydraulic Fracturing Operations Have Not Caused Any Groundwater Contamination
Feb 19, 2013Harold Fitch, the man charged with overseeing Michigan's 15,000 oil and gas wells, told a House subcommittee Friday that growing hydraulic fracturing operations in his state have not caused any groundwater contamination or any other serious ...
Tags: Harold Fitch, gas, oil and gas wells
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Energy and Food Independence,May Be at Odds with Each Other
Jul 10, 2012Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant crowd sips rosé and nibbles trout plucked from the gin-clear streams ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
