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Soil & Groundwater
October 08, 2015
This Week´s Featured News Stories

Shell to spend $55M to clean up California superfund site
Shell Oil Co. will spend $55 million to clean contaminated soil at a former Los Angeles County rubber plant under an agreement with the federal government. The deal announced Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires Shell to clean contaminants ... » read more

Screening soil moisture conditions reveals an increased risk of drought in a Swedish drainage basin
The risk of drought in the Norrström drainage basin, Sweden, increased during the 20th century, a new study has found. As the frequency of the dry periods increased, less water was available in the landscape for agriculture and for the resupply of groundwater — despite an increase in precipitation ... » read more

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Court upholds $236M verdict in Exxon Mobil pollution case
New Hampshire`s highest court upheld a record $236 million judgment Friday against Exxon Mobil for its use of a gasoline additive that contaminated groundwater ... » read more
New report advances the discussion around hydraulic fracturing and water issues in Canada
Central to the vast majority of conversations about hydraulic fracturing is the issue of water – its use, its management and protection, and its ... » read more
Study: No fracking bonanza for California`s Monterey Shale
A U.S. Geological Survey report out Tuesday downgrades the fracking potential of California`s vast Monterey Shale oil deposits. The study is the latest ... » read more
GE Completes Hudson River Dredging
GE [NYSE: GE] today (Oct 2, 2015) announced it has completed dredging in New York’s Upper Hudson River. Since 2009, GE has removed the majority ... » read more
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