The EPA invoked its power to protect drinking water in 2010, prompting Oklahoma Sen. Inhofe to request the Inspector General’s investigation in 2011.
Inspector General Finds EPA Justified in Intervening to Protect Drinking...
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Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General found EPA Region 6 was justified in legally intervening to protect Parker...
The EPA’s withdrawal from Parker County appears to be part of a larger pattern, in which the Obama administration has blocked or abandoned investigations of whether drilling or
hydraulic fracturing polluted drinking water. In addition to the case in Parker County, reports in major news outlets indicate that the Obama administration caused the EPA to abandon studies of potential drilling or fracking pollution in Pavillion, WY and Dimock, PA despite evidence of drilling-related harm.
“The Obama administration appears to be more concerned about protecting corporate interests, not the public interest,” said
Steve Lipsky, a Weatherford, TX homeowner who sued Range Resources after the EPA named the company the party responsible for contaminating his drinking water well. “President Obama promised that hydraulic fracturing would occur safely. With this IG report, it now seems clear that he is determined to squash any evidence to the contrary.”
http://www.nationofchange.org/inspector-general-finds-epa-justified-intervening-protect-drinking-water-fracking-1387983304
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Canadian PM Stephen Harper recently promised President Obama he'd set climate goals -- if only the president will approve Harper's dirty tar sands pipeline. Urge Obama to not fall for Harper's empty promises: KXL will always be a climate disaster! #NoKXL
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Canada's record of broken climate promises speaks for itself. The Harper administration has consistently failed to meet its carbon reduction targets, eliminated some of its biggest climate programs, withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol (the only country in the world to do so), and even silenced
The outside of the newly opened Whole Foods on Brooklyn, NY’s Gowanus Canal contains more examples of renewable energy and efficiency than some companies have throughout their entire operations.
http://www.nationofchange.org/brooklyn-whole-foods-wows-solar-wind-ev-chargers-greenhouse-and-more-1387899087
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