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EPA Says No Evidence That Fracking Has "Widespread" Impact On Drinking Water

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-ahead-and-drink-it dept.

sycodon writes: A long-awaited EPA report on hydraulic fracturing concludes that the extraction process has "not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources." The report also cautions of potential contamination of water supplies if safeguards are not maintained. "The study was undertaken over several years and we worked very closely with industry throughout the process," Tom Burke, EPA's science advisor and deputy assistant administrator of EPA's Office of Research and Development, said on a conference call hosted by the agency.

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  1. Who is getting fired for this? by gillbates · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did I just read that right: the Obama administration just missed an opportunity to enact business-stifling, job-killing regulation? That the man who promised to heal the oceans is letting frackers get away with whatever they're doing?

    Somebody's going to get fired over this. Fracking just has to be bad for the environment, because, well, big business (read: Republican leaning folks) are making money from it.

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  2. Re: Bias by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's called private property, and they have to know when the fracking is taking place so they can get before and after samples. Think much?

  3. you must be a real disapointment to your father by publiclurker · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    to have turned in to such a blatant corporate whoring stooge then. My sympathies to him. Hopefully he has some other children that turned out right.