Harmful, smog-causing emissions from the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, should be curtailed as swiftly as possible by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), conservation groups argued at an EPA meeting in Denver on Wednesday.
The two Colorado lawmakers leading the charge to clean up the controversial natural gas drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, were pleased by a federal advisory panel’s findings Thursday urging greater transparency and disclosure of the chemicals used in the process. But both warned much more needs to be More…
Cause where I live, it’s … terrible!
The American Lung Association just released its 2009 State of the Air report, which assesses the air quality across the country in terms of ozone, short-term particle pollution and year-round particle pollution. Fargo, N.D. comes out on top — it’s the only More…
Is the Environmental Protection Agency showing some teeth under the new direction of Administrator Lisa Jackson and the Obama administration?
TWI’s sister site, The New Mexico Independent, has the story.
In a dramatic move yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew the
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