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ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them.
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WTFrack?!
EPA: Chemicals found in Wyo. drinking water might be from fracking 0
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks agoFederal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing.
But is it working?
Surprisingly popular Cash for Clunkers program raises hopes--and questions 2
Posted 3 months agoThe sight of car buyers back in showrooms these past two weeks has raised hopes that U.S. consumers are ready, primed by government stimulus, to spend again. But questions remain.
The wrong kind of bubbly
More gas contamination affects Pennsylvania residents 0
Posted 3 months agoPennsylvania environment officials are investigating another natural gas well leak, after residents near the town of Roaring Branch complained last month that rust-colored water was flowing from a spring and two small creeks were bubbling with methane gas.
There's a drill in the hole and a hole in the ground and the methane bubbles all around, all around
Water problems from drilling are more frequent than PA officials said 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week agoWhen methane began bubbling out of kitchen taps near a gas drilling site in Pennsylvania last winter, a state regulator described the problem as "an anomaly." But at the time he made that statement to ProPublica, that same official was investigating a similar case affecting more than a dozen homes near gas wells halfway across the state.
what's it wirth to you?
Timothy Wirth, natural-gas advocate, takes gas industry to task 3
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks agoIn a blunt speech before the Colorado Oil and Gas Association last week, Timothy Wirth, a former Colorado Democratic senator and Under Secretary of State for global affairs in the Clinton administration, warned industry leaders that they need to pay attention to the environmental and climate concerns that are shaping national policy, or risk being left behind.