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Fracking/Gas Drilling

We are all from Dimock

Last week, I joined dozens of other grassroots activists on a relief mission to a small town called Dimock, Pa., where a dozen families on Carter Road no longer have access to safe water for drinking, bathing and other household needs.

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EPA Confirms Drinking Water at Risk from Fracking

n response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's announcement today that the agency has documented industrial gas drilling by means of high volume hydraulic fracturing or fracking as the source of contamination of aquifers and wells that supply drinking water to families in Pavillion, WY, the New York Water Rangers released the following statement:

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The Human Toll of Fracking

Paul, Julie and Criag Saunter
Riverkeeper was proud to stand alongside our fellow advocates and concerned citizens in delivering much needed water to fracking victims in Dimock, Pennsylvania.

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Emergency Water Delivered To Fracking Victims

Celebrities, Elected Officials Bring Disaster Relief to PA Fracking Victims; Call on EPA and Inspector General to Take Action

A bipartisan group of elected officials from across New York State joined actor Mark Ruffalo, “Gasland” Director Josh Fox, and Pennsylvania fracking victims to announce the delivery of emergency water aid to families suffering from fracking-related water contamination in Dimock, PA.

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The Fracking Debate Report — it was a cracker …

Riverkeeper, Mark Ruffalo, Gasland Director, Josh Fox, New Yorkers Send Emergency Water Relief to PA Fracking Victims

It wasn’t a flood or natural disaster that left more than a dozen families in Dimock, PA without clean drinking water. The disaster in Dimock was caused by the Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation’s use of the hazardous gas drilling method known as fracking.

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Landowners decry latest delay in NY fracking regs

10 Major Flaws With New York’s Fracking Plan

The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is responsible for fully evaluating fracking’s potential impacts to public health and the environment, but its draft environmental impact statement and proposed regulations do not protect New Yorker’s environment, health, and drinking water.

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President of Riverkeeper and Allies to Battle Pro-Drillers at “Fracking” Debate in Nyack