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By Abrahm Lustgarten

BioFuels and Energy | Environment
Wyoming Gas Deal Off after Pollution Found
12/01/2011

Residents near Pavillion, Wyoming, have been saying for years that natural gas drilling in the area has ruined ground water supplies. The EPA recently found carcinogens in well water in the area. Now, a Texas company has cancelled a deal to buy a gas field.

BioFuels and Energy | Environment
EPA Finds Wyoming Aquifer Contamination
11/12/2011

Residents near Pavillion, Wyoming, have complained for years that hydraulic fracturing, the technique used to extract gas from shale formations, has tainted groundwater supplies. The federal Environmental Protection Agency has now found fracking compounds in the region's aquifer.

BioFuels and Energy
Fracking Study Excludes Wyoming
06/26/2011

Many of the problems first found with shale gas production came to light in Wyoming, and some of the first research on hydrofracking in shale gas formations was done there. But Wyoming is not included in EPA's national study of the issue.

BioFuels and Energy | Environment
Study Links Flaming Water to Fracking
05/09/2011

A study by Duke University scientists finds a link between hydraulic fracturing in gas drilling and water contaminated with natural gas so thoroughly that it can be set afire.

BioFuels and Energy | Environment | People to Know
Water, Gas Drilling and Louis Meeks
02/27/2011
BioFuels and Energy | Environment
Natural Gas's Climate Benefits Questioned
01/25/2011
BioFuels and Energy | Environment
Gas Drilling May Have Tainted Wyoming Town's Water
09/09/2010

A gas driller has been "fracking" wells around Pavillion, Wyoming, a technique used in gas shale fields across the country. Now the federal EPA has found that the ground water near the town is undrinkable.

BioFuels and Energy | Environment
Gas Industry Wary of EPA Fracturing Study
04/12/2010

The Environmental Protection Agency's new review of shale gas drilling has grown broader. The gas industry is objecting.

BioFuels and Energy | Environment
State Oil and Gas Regulators Are Spread Too Thin
12/31/2009

There was a 42% increase in the number of oil and gas wells from 2004 to 2008 in 22 of the largest energy producing states. The number of environmental regulators rose only 9%, however. So who's there to see that the drilling is done properly?

BioFuels and Energy | Environment
New York Gas Drilling Is Fracking Out
11/13/2009

Gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale has Western New York State in an uproar. Folks in New York City aren't happy either.

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