Wednesday, January 16, 2013

EPA Halted Water Investigation Following Pressure From Oil Company

January 16, 2013

WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his family's drinking water had begun bubbling like champagne, the federal government sounded an alarm: A company may have tainted their wells while drilling for natural gas.

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