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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 …
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Why Do Environmentalists Hate Fracking?
22 Sep 2023 08:15 GMT
—Millie C., Pittsburgh, PA
Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a method of extracting … percent.
Environmentalists don’t like fracking because it can pollute groundwater … , exacerbating water scarcity. The true toxicity remains unknown due to drilling …
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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit
19 Sep 2023 20:30 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 …
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Pennsylvania Senator Wants Fracking Wastewater Classified as Hazardous
07 Sep 2023 11:00 GMT
… landfills to test the toxicity of residual oil and … initial chemical additives, or fracking fluids, plus chemicals and … water across the state from fracking wells to underground “injection … of Environmental Protection the fracking industry generated about 2. …
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New Pennsylvania Legislation Aims to Classify ‘Produced Water’ From Fracking as Hazardous Waste
06 Sep 2023 09:49 GMT
… landfills to test the toxicity of residual oil and … initial chemical additives, or fracking fluids, plus chemicals and … water across the state from fracking wells to underground “injection … Protection (DEP) the fracking industry generated about 2. …
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Amid fracking boom, Pennsylvania faces toxic wastewater reckoning
30 Apr 2023 13:00 GMT
… metals have been studied for toxicity one at a time, … around it.”
Today’s hydraulic fracturing—fracking—is a remarkable feat of … drillers.
In the early fracking years, drillers often stored … about produced water of unknown toxicity being discharged to the …
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Awash in Toxic Wastewater From Fracking for Natural Gas, Pennsylvania Faces a Disposal Reckoning
16 Apr 2023 09:17 GMT
… in Trafford, Pennsylvania, about fracking waste.
Gillian Graber leads … have been studied for toxicity one at a time, … around it.”
Today’s hydraulic fracturing—fracking—is a remarkable feat of … produced water of unknown toxicity being discharged to the …
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Fracking Wastewater Causes Lasting Harm to Key Freshwater Species
21 Feb 2023 14:13 GMT
… or unconventional methods like fracking of horizontal wells that extend … gallons.
The composition and toxicity of that wastewater varies … pollutants,” based on their toxicity and potential for human … fracking for the people who are trying to assess toxicity, …