USGS research on fracking
The U.S. Geological Survey, in a research paper published in late December, reports new criteria for predicting where the disposal of salty waste water from hydraulic fracturing is most likely … Read more
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Fracking linked to arsenic
Read a Pro Publica interview, published in MINNPOST, about researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington who tested water in wells near natural gas fracking sites in Texas. They … Read more
U of M research aims to clean fracking fluid
A team of scientists from the University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences has received a $600,000 grant to study the use of bacteria to clean waste water from the … Read more
EPA declares water safe in fracking dispute
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has closed an investigation into allegations that a Pennsylvania community’s water wells were contaminated by hydraulic fracturing — fracking — for natural gas. The EPA … Read more
Science on fracking is complicated and takes time
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Conservation takes hit in House ag bill
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Religion, phenology and peregrines on video
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Asian carp; ag certainty; African groundwater
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more
Researcher seek carp-specific toxin
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UN calculates ag pollution's worldwide cost
The Freshwater Society blog publishes a digest of important regional, national and international articles and research on water and the environment. Scan the articles here, then follow the links to … Read more