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Radiation in Houston’s Tap Water Compounded by TCEQ ‘lowballing’ radiation scores in drinking water throughout Texas

Posted in Radiation, tagged houston, Radiation, TCEQ, Water Quality on November 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In a three part story, KHOU-TV reports on a four-month investigation into radioactive contaminants in the Houston area drinking water. Revelations that came to light shows hundreds of water providers around the Gulf Coast region are providing their customers with drinking water that contains radioactive contaminants that raise health risks, according to state lab results [...]

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Come tonight to the town hall meeting on the TCEQ Sunset in Austin

Posted in Air Quality, Sunset, TCEQ, tagged Austin, TCEQ, Texas, Town Hall Meeting on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Austin town hall meeting on the TCEQ Sunset review – Wednesday, November 17th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Bass Lecture Hall at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on University of Texas campus. (This auditorium is located in the basement level of Sid Richardson Hall.) All are invited to attend these town [...]

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Website offers some details about fracking chemicals: A public education effort or a slick PR campaign to take pressure off the natural gas industry?

Posted in Air Quality, tagged Chemical substance, drinking water, Environmental Protection Agency, Halliburton, hydraulic fracturing on November 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, Halliburton unveiled a new website that offers some details about the mix of chemicals used in a natural gas drilling technique following the Environmental Protection Agency‘s (EPA) decision last week to subpoena Halliburton to force the company to turn over information about the chemicals it produces for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Halliburton has said [...]

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