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A homeowner says cracking walls and crumbling mortar are being
caused by a nearby fracking well.
Beckie Dean blames the “enormous” damage to her 11-year-old
house on the drilling operation just across the street, about 1,000 feet
away.
Feds linking fracking, earthquakes
Recent earthquakes in Colorado and elsewhere were induced by a
drilling procedure to dispose of wastewater, federal geologists planned to
argue in a report announced Wednesday.
Researchers Find Surprises
When Analyzing DNA From Fracking Site
Researchers making a genetic analysis of microbes living at a
fracking site have uncovered some surprises.
The scientists reported that they found very few genetic biomarkers
for archaea, a domain of single-celled species found in high-salt
environments and hot springs. Instead, they found many more for species
that derive from bacteria.
Big Oil threatens Everglades with fracking
Big oil and gas companies are pushing forward with plans to begin
“fracking” in Florida on land just outside the Big Cypress National
Preserve—the gateway to the Florida Everglades—just 45 miles west of
Miami. The Everglades are part of a water system of subtropical wetlands
in Florida that extends throughout the southern part of the state.
Protect rare bird? Move by US has energy backers crying foul
A move by U.S. authorities to consider placing a small grassland bird
native to parts of the oil and gas belt on the Endangered Species List has
drawn the ire of some Western lawmakers.
Fracking North Dakota
In 1979, Brenda and Richard Jorgenson built a split level home in the
midst of a large ranch outside the tiny town of White Earth, North Dakota.
Richard’s family is from the area—his grandfather started homesteading
on the plains in 1915—and the couple’s affinity for the area runs deep.
They love the land they live on: the epic sky and seemingly endless
grasses of the prairie, the White Earth River meandering through a tree-