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New study: Fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:04:39 -0400

PITTSBURGH - Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas, according to a new study, but researchers said the geology there may be more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where shale gas drilling takes place.

New mineral named after Utah geologist

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:40:05 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - A newly discovered mineral has been named after a University of Utah scientist who runs a lab that analyzes inorganic compounds.

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:27:19 -0400

TELESCOPE, Grenada - The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean.

Feds withhold records on Wyo. CO2-capture project

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:09:18 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - The U.S. Department of Energy is withholding records involving a Wyoming carbon-capture project on the grounds that a legal investigation is underway and that releasing documents could compromise the probe.

Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:34:48 -0400

GEORGETOWN, South Carolina - Living in a coastal town or city with seawalls and docks on the waterfront, it can be difficult to notice the sea level rise by increments each year. But effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding dirt road in Georgetown County where acres of what was once a forested wetland have morphed into a salt marsh of dead trees jutting toward the sky.