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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson agrees to look into hydraulic fracturing

May 19, 2009

Posted by Amy Mall in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
drinkingwater, epact, halliburton, hydraulicfracturing, lisajackson, oilandgas, SDWA, waterpollution

Earlier today, the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lisa Jackson, testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. During the hearing she was asked about the risk to drinking water safety posed by the practice...continued

New legislation to protect drinking water from oil and gas contamination

October 20, 2008

Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment

Tags:
epact, fraccing, hydraulicfracturing, oilandgas, safedrinkingwateract, undergroundinjection

U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and John Salazar (D-CO) recently introduced legislation that would subject the practice of hydraulic fracturing to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).* I applaud these Members of Congress for sponsoring this bill.  I...continued

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Amy Mall
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Boulder, Colorado
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