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• By Lex Nelson
• Tags: Note, Boise Weekly, Eats, Film, Movies, Varsity Pizza, Fit Donut, Isle of Dogs, Coned, City of Eagle, fracking

EPA Concludes Fracking a Threat to U.S. Water Supplies

The EPA’s finding, endorsed by environmentalists, comes as the Trump administration prepares to rethink regulation of the gas drilling industry.

• By Patrick G. Lee, ProPublica
• Tags: National, EPA, Fracking

More Than 100 People Protest Idaho Bill at Statehouse Over Fracking Concerns

• By Harrison Berry
The bill cleared the Idaho Senate Resources and Environment Committee with a "do pass" recommendation and has been filed for a second reading.
• Tags: Unda' the Rotunda, Environment, Idaho Legislature, Alma Hasse, fracking, Idaho Legislature, Boise, Statehouse, Capitol, environment, resource development

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UPDATE: Idaho Anti-Fracking Activist Released After 7-Day Incarceration

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Alma Hasse, Idaho Oil and Gas Exploration, Fracking, Payette County Planning and Zoning, Video

In Fracking Fight, a Worry About How Best to Measure Health Threats

Opponents of gas drilling say regulators are slow and unprepared in responding to air quality complaints.

• By Naveena Sadasivam, ProPublica
• Tags: National, fracking

Something In the Air

A major element of Idaho's burgeoning natural gas exploration industry is the little-discussed processing of the raw gas before it is sent to a pipeline.

• By George Prentice
All in all, the proposed plant has the potential of emitting more than 1 ton of Hazardous Air Pollutants per year.
• Tags: Citydesk, Gas Drilling, Fracking, Alta Mesa

Natural Gas Driller Wants to Release Nitrogen Oxide, Carbon Monoxide From Idaho Facility

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Idaho, Alta Mesa, Gas Drilling, Gas Exploration, Payette County Gas Drill, Bridge Resources, Fracking, Oil and Gas Exploration

New Study Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Groundwater Near Fracking

A Q&A with Brian Fontenot, whose research gives the latest indication that fracking may be tied to arsenic contamination

• By Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica
• Tags: National, Fracking, Gas Exploration, Gas Fracking

Quebec Wreck: A Disaster in the Eyes of the Beholder

The Quebec oil train explosion is seized on by fans and foes of fracking and the Keystone pipeline.

• By Michael Moran, GlobalPost
• Tags: World, Fracking, Keystone Pipeline, Quebec Çrash

EPA's Abandoned Wyoming Fracking Study One Retreat of Many

Industry says the EPA’s retreat on an investigation into water contamination in Wyoming was recognition of over-reaching. Environmentalists see an agency systematically disengaging from any research into the safety of drilling

• By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
• Tags: National, Fracking, EPA, EPA Fracking

'Frack-tivists' Protest Outside Boise IDL Office

• By Skylar Barsanti
• Tags: Environment, Gas Exploration, Fracking, Idaho Department of Lands, IDL, Alta Mesa, Gas Drilling

'Frack Attack' Protest Scheduled Outside Boise IDL Office Today

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Environment, Fracking, Gas Exploration, Idaho Department of Lands, WIRT

Fracking With Idaho: Activists Push Back Against State, Gas Explorers

"It's a way to show our state government that plenty of citizens aren't pleased with how state lands could potentially be used, and also how our state water would be impacted by this drilling."

• By Skylar Barsanti
Statewide protests are scheduled outside of offices of the Idaho Department of Lands in Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Deary, Idaho Falls, Kamiah, Orofino, Priest Lake, St. Maries and Sandpoint
• Tags: Unda' the Rotunda, Fracking, Gas Drilling, Payette Gas Drilling

AP: Natural Gas Boom Means More Fracking, Increased Overseas Exports

• By George Prentice
• Tags: energy, Gas Drilling, Fracking, Vibroseising

ProPublica: State Oil and Gas Regulators Still Spread Thin

The ratio of wells to inspectors remains extremely high

• By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
• Tags: National, Fracking, Gas Drilling, Gas Exploration

AP: New Test Results Due at Wyoming Fracking Site

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Environment, Fracking, Natural Gas Exploration, Hydraulic Fracturing, Pavillion, Wyoming

Lax Rules for Drillers That Inject Pollutants Into the Earth

The trillion-gallon loophole

• By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
• Tags: National, Oil and Gas, Natural Gas Exploration, Fracking, Gas Wells, Oil Wells, EPA

Massive Gas Shale Field Discovered North of Border

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Environment, natural gas, gas drilling, fracking

New Seismic Tests Planned For New Plymouth Gas Fields

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Environment, natural gas exploration, fracking, Snake River Oil and Gas, Bridge Resources

Feds Set New Rules for Fracking on Federal Lands

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Environment, fracking, natural gas development

New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years

Natural faults and fractures, exacerbated by the effects of fracking itself, could allow chemicals to reach the surface in as little as just a few years.

• By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
• Tags: National, fracking, natural gas drilling

ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules

Rules vary considerably from state to state.

• By Cora Currier, ProPublica
In many cases, rules are limited by a "trade secrets" provision, adopted by ALEC.
• Tags: National, fracking

The EPA's First Fracking Rules - Limited and Delayed

Many caution it is just a first step.

• By Lena Groeger, ProPublica
• Tags: National, fracking, gas exploration, natural gas exploration

Feds: No Information on Integrity of Pipelines Carrying Fracked Gas

• By George Prentice
• Tags: Environment, fracking, natural gas, GAO, Government Accountability Office

Ethics Probe into Monty Pearce: Leases, Fracking and Disclosure

• By George Prentice
"I'm not satisfied that we've heard all of the evidence regarding these leases."
• Tags: Idaho Legislature, oil and gas, Monty Pearce, fracking, Bridge Resources, Snake River Oil and Gas, Idaho Legislature, ethics investigation, election 2012 statehouse