Houston Chronicle Investigation of Texas Oil Field Safety Finds Failures, Deaths, Injury

InsideClimate News
Feb 24, 2014, 1:00 am69 pts
(AP) Injury claims, government data and public records of oil field accidents since the start of the onshore drilling and fracking boom in 2007 show the federal government failed to implement safety standards and procedures, according to a Houston Chronicle investigation. Read original story

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