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California environmentalists sue over oil industry water practices [1]

California environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday that seeks to halt oil industry injections of drilling wastewater into nearly 500 wells, a practice they say threatens fresh water suppli

Publication Date: 
08/05/2015
Reuters [2]
Tags:
Water Pollution [3], Petrochemical Industry [4], Groundwater Pollution [5], California [6], United States Of America (US) [7], Droughts [8], Drinking Water [9], Water Quality [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/reuters
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/petrochemical-industry
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/california
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-quality