Recent Articles About the Dangers of Hydraulic"Fracking

Fracking for Natural Gas With Diesel Violated Law, EPA Says
By MIKE SORAGHAN of Greenwire
Published: April 13, 2011 in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/04/13/13greenwire-fracking-for-natural-gas-with-diesel-violated-81979.html

Senators Question Safety of Water Used in Gas Drilling
By ROBBIE BROWN
Published: April 12, 2011 in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/us/politics/13gas.html

Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Environmental Problems
By TOM ZELLER Jr.
Published: April 11, 2011 in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/business/energy-environment/12gas.html?_r=1&ref=politics

Shale gas pollutes more than coal, study finds
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters)
NEW YORK | Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:09pm EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/12/us-energy-shalegas-idUSTRE73B5Y520110412

Could Shale Gas Power the World?
By Bryan Walsh Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011 (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2062331,00.html

Fracking Rush Out Of Control As Congress Stalls
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
by David Lillard
http://njtoday.net/2011/04/06/fracking-rush-out-of-control-as-congress-stalls/

Why we need to study first and drill when it's safe
Posted: Friday, April 8, 2011 12:00 am
By Elizabeth Tatham
Guest Columnist Calkins Media, Inc.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer_news/opinion/guest/why-we-need-to-study-first-and-drill-when-it/article_fe3a9e92-ed32-5a0f-bb0c-2ac3ef081019.html

Environmentalists Urge Christie to Back the Ban on "Fracking"
Conservation groups want to see moratorium extended on use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas
By Tom Johnson, April 12 in Energy & Environment
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0411/2224/

Environmentalists collect 30,000 public comments opposing 'fracking'-style drilling in Delaware River Basin
Published: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 9:41 PM
By The Associated Press
The Star-Ledger
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/environmentalists_collect_3000.html

Delaware River Basin gas drilling through 'fracking' process draws criticism
Published: Sunday, March 27, 2011, 12:16 PM
By Matt Fair/The Times, Trenton
(Editor’s note: First of two parts.)
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/03/rift_over_gas_drilling_roils_w.html

Lawmakers seek to ban ‘fracking’
Published: Monday, March 28, 2011, 6:00 AM
By Matt Fair/The Times, Trenton
Editor’s note: Second in a two-part series.
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/03/lawmakers_seek_to_ban_fracking.html

Editorial: Delaware River Basin natural gas drilling through 'fracking' needs strict monitoring
Published: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 8:41 AM
By Times of Trenton Editorial Board
http://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2011/03/editorial_delaware_river_basin.html

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