In the study, distance of residences from the fracking sites was used as a stand - in for potential pollution exposure. (sciencenews.org)
They say their concerns about potential pollution, overreliance on fracked gas, and encroachment of historic sites and endangered species» habitats have been ignored by Governor Cuomo's Department of Environmental conservation and other state and federal agencies. (wamc.org)
Since then, many attempts have been made to read the tea leaves in hopes of predicting what approach EPA will take to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants — the big fish in terms of potential pollution benefits (86 % of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are energy related). (aceee.org)