Pollution

"Ohio EPA Tries To Limit Brine Dumps in Rivers"

"Fast-growing interest in natural-gas drilling could create a flood of cash for Ohio cities eager to treat wastewater used to coax the gas from deep inside Utica and Marcellus shale. But what's good for the cities might be bad for the state. The process could pollute Ohio streams and rivers, environmental officials say."

Source: Columbus Dispatch, 02/14/2011
February 24, 2011

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"Md. Lawmakers Warned of Natural Gas Drilling Woes in Pa."

"A former top Pennsylvania official warned Maryland lawmakers to go slow in allowing drilling for natural gas in Marcellus shale deposits underlying the state's western mountains or risk the environmental and social problems his state is now experiencing from a poorly regulated wave of energy exploration."

Source: Baltimore Sun, 02/10/2011

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