AUG 25: Obama Administration Ruling on Fracking Wastewater Could Threaten Ohio River Drinking Water for 3 Million

After Receiving 3,400 Comments in Opposition, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Decide on Proposed Fracking Unloading Site on Ohio River Portland, Ohio – As the comment period closes on a proposed barge dock and pipeline facility on the Ohio River to dump fracking waste from as far as Texas, Americans Against Fracking urged the […]

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APR 1: Congress Calls on EPA to Help Fracking-Affected Communities

Marcellus-area Representative asks Administrator McCarthy to “take any and all action” to provide relief Washington, D.C. – For the first time, members of Congress today called upon EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to “investigate and address the water contamination” in Dimock, Pennsylvania; Parker County, Texas; and Pavillion, Wyoming. In all three communities, EPA has previously withdrawn […]

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JAN 27: On the Heels of Alarming New Information, Americans Against Fracking and Over 200 Groups Call on President Obama to Re-Open Investigations into Connection Between Fracking and Water Contamination in Parker County, Texas

Duke University Water Tests Show Water Contamination Linked to Drilling and Fracking Persists, and EPA Inspector General Report Indicates the EPA Failed to Ensure That Clean Water and Public Health are Protected Washington, D.C.— Pressure on the Obama administration to take decisive action to protect Americans from the public health and environment effects of fracking […]

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