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Charleston Gazette: Oil and gas drillers skirt federal law, report says

Charleston Gazette, Ken Ward, Jr.
Published January 20, 2010

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Oil and gas operators are skirting federal law when they inject toxic "fracking fluids" into wells, threatening drinking water supplies from Pennsylvania to Wyoming, according to a new report by the Washington-based Environmental Working Group.

The report urges Congress to repeal a measure that exempts these drilling practices from the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Drilling companies in West Virginia and elsewhere have opposed such a move, saying states should regulate the practice.

Read Ward's entire article here:
http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201001190575

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