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No fracking way: Call for permanent legislated ban on mining process
21 Jan 2025 01:09 GMT
First, each step of gas production creates risk of contamination to surface and groundwater; second, with vast quantities of wastewater, contamination can occur through spilling, leaking, flooding and overflow; and, finally, the chemicals released can …
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Hearing on petition to ban forever chemicals in fracking ends
18 Nov 2024 18:50 GMT
… in downhole operations such as hydraulic fracturing.
Stephen Richardson, an … low-birth weight and liver toxicity.
Because of these health … have varying effects and toxicity levels, most studies have … hearing, she gave water toxicity as an example.
In …
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Oil Conservation Commission kicks off hearing on use of ‘forever chemicals’ in fracking
13 Nov 2024 17:38 GMT
… a hydraulic fracturing site in Midland, Texas. The drilling method known as fracking … communities when using PFAS in hydraulic fracturing.
WildEarth Guardians’ request
Tim Davis … qualified to testify on chemical toxicity or exposure pathways.
The hearing …
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Fracking is an environmental disaster
30 Sep 2024 19:47 GMT
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is the process of injecting … chemicals found in fluid fracking and wastewater. Toxicity data were not available … of the chemicals for which toxicity data were available, 65% were …
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Athens Co. fracking leak, inaction show the dire public health dangers of Ohio regulatory capture
30 Apr 2024 09:33 GMT
… sending dangerous chemicals and fracking waste gurgling to … a migrating flow of fracking toxicity, the community’s drinking … clean drinking water when fracking wastewater produces irreparable damage? … had migrated from some fracking disposal sites up through …
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EPA Considers Giving More ‘Flexibility’ To Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater
20 Mar 2025 19:14 GMT
… the widespread adoption of hydraulic fracturing. Fracking generates greater volumes … than conventional drilling. Fracking chemicals injected into wells …
There is no toxicity data on many of … technical assessments based on toxicity information, analytical tools …
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EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater
20 Mar 2025 11:41 GMT
… the widespread adoption of hydraulic fracturing. Fracking generates greater volumes … than conventional drilling. Fracking chemicals injected into wells …
There is no toxicity data on many of … technical assessments based on toxicity information, analytical tools …
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Webb, Lupardo lead legislative effort to ban carbon dioxide fracking
15 Feb 2024 05:27 GMT
… is akin high volume hydraulic fracturing, also nicknamed ‘fracking’, except this proposal would … fracking would cause more problems because of liquified CO2’s toxicity … negative impacts of CO2 fracking.
“Relative to hydraulic fracturing, CO2 fracturing has …
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Why Do Environmentalists Hate Fracking?
14 Oct 2023 22:35 GMT
… C., Pittsburgh, PA
Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of … four million gallons of fracking fluid—freshwater, sand and … water scarcity. The true toxicity remains unknown due to … showed a link between fracking and drinking water contamination …
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Plan To Clean Up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends In Monster Lawsuit
14 Oct 2023 21:34 GMT
… the pollution and the toxicity that would be welcome,” … injection wells have leaked fracking wastewater into natural gas … found that facilities treating fracking wastewater were discharging radioactivity … academic articles on Marcellus fracking waste, said the …