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26 to Nov. 1 - No Attempt To Contain, Cleanup Injection Well Spill; Gas Storage Area Well Release; More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: As Fracking Turns 20 In Pennsylvania, Towns Consider New Regulations For Distance Between Homes And Well Pads [Cecil Twp., 26 to Nov.
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million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
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