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EPA’s Fracking Study Draws Criticism from the Public

August 28, 2015 / / Uncategorized

Groups Deliver Nearly 100K Comments About EPA’s Flawed Fracking Study Washington, D.C. – Today is the deadline to submit public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency in response to their highly controversial study about fracking’s impact on drinking water. Food & Water Watch, Environmental Action, Breast Cancer Action and other advocacy groups delivered nearly 100,000 […]

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Breast Cancer Action, Center for Biological Diversity, drinking water, Environmental Action, EPA, Food & Water Watch, fracking

DEC 1: Hundreds of Thousands of Americans and Over 250 Organizations Voice Concern that EPA’s Power Plant Rules Will Incentivize Fracking

December 1, 2014 / / Press

Washington, D.C. – On the public comment deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed power plant rules, Americans Against Fracking, a national coalition to ban fracking, delivered a letter from over 250 environmental, health, labor and consumer protection groups, along with over 200,000 comments criticizing the rules for incentivizing fracked natural gas. You can […]

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Americans Against Fracking, carbon emissions, emissions, EPA, fracking, methane, power plant

Oct 31: Activists Call for Obama’s EPA to Protect PA Residents from Contaminated Water from Fracking

October 31, 2014 / / Press

Comes After EPA Closed Investigation Into Contaminated Water, Refused to Meet with Affected Residents Philadelphia, PA – As President Obama heads to Philadelphia to speak at a Tom Wolf campaign event, local and national advocates called for the President’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure Pennsylvanians have safe drinking water and to stop ignoring meeting […]

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Dimock, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fracking, Josh Fox, Obama, Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, water contamination

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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contaminated water, EPA, fracking, natural gas

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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contaminated water, Duke University, EPA, fracking, Parker County, President Obama, Texas

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