“The draft report indicates that ground water in the aquifer contains compounds likely associated with gas production practices, including hydraulic fracturing,” reads the agency’s media release.
The investigation in Pavillion, where natural gas has been produced since 1960 and Encana Oil and Gas conducted hydraulic fracturing while developing new wells between 2004 to 2007, has been seen as an important test of the gas industry’s assertions that there has never been an incident in which groundwater was contaminated by hydraulic fracturing.
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Congress to amend the law
The Obama administration is supporting legislation that allows tribes to request disaster declarations from the federal government.
Under the the Stafford Act, only states can request declarations. So the Federal Emergency Management Agency wants Congress to amend the law to recognize tribal sovereignty. .
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WASHINGTON - On Sunday, the White House Office of Public Engagement launched the Native American Youth Challenge program. In a video message, President Obama announced the challenge at the 2011 UNITY Youth Conference, calling for young American Indian and Alaska Native leaders to submit their stories of leadership and service in their communities.
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Dr Mercola recently interviewed Dr Don Huber, whose letter to the USDA warning that Monsanto's RoundUp, a broad-spectrum "herbicide" that has been linked with spontaneous abortion in animals, continues to be ignored by food and environmental safety authorities.
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Much of the debate surrounding the increasingly common security scanners revolves around their effectiveness and privacy. But the health implications are coming to the fore as the European Union bans x-ray scanners because of health concerns. Many EU nations will instead use millimeter-wave, lower frequency scanners. 
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