Pollution

NY Fracking Rules Could Allow Drilling Near NYC Water Supply Tunnels

"The latest draft of guidelines for hydraulic fracturing in New York could open the door to drilling within 1,000 feet of aging underground tunnels that carry water to New York City -- a far cry from the seven-mile buffer once sought by city officials."

Source: ProPublica, 07/15/2011

"Pollution Poses Problem for Oysters, Puget Sound"


"For over 75 years, Blau Oyster Co. has relied on Washington state's cool clean waters to grow the plump oysters that are as prized in the Northwest as salmon and orcas. But too much pollution from animal and human waste has been washing into Samish Bay in north Puget Sound, prohibiting shellfish harvests 38 days already this year."

Source: AP, 07/12/2011

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