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DON’T FRACK NEW YORK: Dangers of Hydraulic Fracturing

By francisanderson on  From francisanderson.wordpress.com
Josh Fox ‘s new movie vividly dramatizes the dangers of Hydraulic Fracturing. The other month I saw a screening of the movie in upstate New York – at once ground central for proposed Gas and New York’s main aquifer – and it makes for grim viewing. Hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) is a means of natural gas extraction employed in deep natural gas well drilling. Once a well is drilled, millions of gallons of water, sand and proprietary chemicals are injected, under high pressure, into a...Read Full Story

Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Is your water safe?

By PWALaw on
Fracking is currently used in 90 percent of the nation’s natural gas and oil wells. The practice makes drilling possible in areas that 10 to 20 years ago would not have been profitable. Hydraulic Fracturing involves injecting water, sand, and a cocktail of chemicals at high pressure into rock formations thousands of feet below the surface. This opens existing fractures in the rock and allows gas to rise through the wells. Many of the chemicals used in shale gas drilling, such as benzene, are...Read Full Story

Water, Water, Everywhere

By dr_hoy on  From ecowarriorme.blogspot.com
Nor any drop to drink... On Tuesday 7 June WaterAid will be hosting a non-stop tweetathon – hashtagged #WaterAid24 - to show supporters exactly what an international charity does over a 24-hour period. The important issue of water use, conservation and availability is often overshadowed by the battle to cut carbon emissions.  To highlight the issues, here are a selection of statistics from WaterAid's website : 884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is...Read Full Story

Where Will Bacteria Safe Drinking Water Come From After A Natural Catastrophe?

By sureaqua2011 on
The importance of safe drinking water becomes crucial during the aftermath of a natural catastrophe. As the earth's limited supply of top quality drinking water is degraded by pollution and other factors, many Governments worry about future water supplies. Folk in developed states don't fret much about water quality so long as the water leaving their taps is safe to drink. Thousands of people in developing counties don't have faucets and running water in their homes. They rely on water in...Read Full Story

Dem Report: Oil Companies Put Carcinogens Into Wells

By ivink3aray on  From inmytrends.com
Source Article From FOXNews.com WASHINGTON — Millions of gallons of potentially hazardous chemicals and known carcinogens were injected into wells by leading oil and gas service companies from 2005-2009, a report by three House Democrats said Saturday. The report said 29 of the chemicals injected were known-or-suspected human carcinogens. They either were regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act as risks to human health or listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act...Read Full Story
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Movie Review Jackie K Cooper “Safe House” (Universal Pictures) Whenever Denzel Washington deigns to appear in a movie you can pretty much expect it to be special. He is an actor of such talent that just by appearing on ...  
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Tags: music video, safe and sound, soundtrack, taylor swift, the hunger games ... Ray J said on allTV interviews Whitney was doing great,when in fact she was sad, drinking taking pills, and having a bout with depression.  
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Seth Casteel's photos of goofy, gangly and bug-eyed pups - teeth bared in dogged pursuit of plastic ball or some phantom prey - are quickly gaining the Internet's stamp of approval.  
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Accor's main water impacts come food production, in one surprising finding from the company's lifecycle analysis of its environmental footprint. The Earth Guest Research report, carried out together with ...  
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If you've been looking for an excuse to drink all morning, I just found you one: according to a recent study, drinking vodka improves word association and verbal creativity. Somebody pass the bottle.  
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Weekend box office for Universal's Safe House turned out to be $40.2 million when actual figures came in today. Three-day estimates from Sunday proved a ta.  
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Taylor Swift's Grammy performance of Mean, in which the gold-and-glam country star traded in her red-carpet look for much simpler duds, was apparently a.  
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Google Wallet's no-hacking-required hack from last week has reportedly been resolved. Now the only person you can blame for being broke is yourself.  
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