Natural Gas Fracking Linked to Water Contamination by Federal Agency

Friday, December 9, 2011 - 16:30 in Earth & Climate

In a first, federal environment officials today scientifically linked underground water pollution with hydraulic fracturing , concluding that contaminants found in central Wyoming were likely caused by the gas drilling process. [More]

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