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How to Save Water on Fracking
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 20th, 2014
Bloomberg: Among the environmental worries posed by hydraulic fracturing, including the release of methane into the air and contamination of groundwater, one has recently escalated: the concern that the enormous quantities of water used in fracking will leave parts of the country parched.
In 2012, fracking consumed some 50 billion gallons of water -- water that many communities can ill afford to spare. New practices can make fracking somewhat less thirsty, however. States should see that drilling companies...
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Nestled Amid Toxic Waste, a Navajo Village Faces Losing its Land Forever
Posted by New York Times: Dan Frosch on February 20th, 2014
New York Times: In this dusty corner of the Navajo reservation, where seven generations of families have been raised among the arroyos and mesas, Bertha Nez is facing the prospect of having to leave her land forever.
The uranium pollution is so bad that it is unsafe for people to live here long term, environmental officials say. Although the uranium mines that once pocked the hillsides were shut down decades ago, mounds of toxic waste are still piled atop the dirt, raising concerns about radioactive dust and...