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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean.

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

“Analyses of the water produced with the gas commonly show elevated levels of salinity and radium,” a 2011 U.S. RADIOACTIVITY = ORGANIC RICHNESS = GAS.” Geological Survey report noted. To put it simply,” the report states. By the end of 2018, the university’s investment had dropped to $357,000, Yale Daily News reported.

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