Ouch, that’s going to leave a mark.
Via Politico – A much-anticipated EPA report on hydraulic fracturing hands a victory to the oil and gas industry by concluding that the extraction process has “not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources,” according to a draft copy of the agency’s release obtained by POLITICO.
The conclusions of EPA’s years-long fracking study may yet change ahead of their release later today, but they appear to bolster natural gas producers that are benefitting from Obama administration power plant rules.
[Note: this link to the draft copy report provided by Politico is broken, will update as soon as they do -Anthony]
UPDATE: link to EPA report below
http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/hfstudy/recordisplay.cfm?deid=244651
Is this payback for oil companies supporting AGW?
That same study states “lack of cooperation from oil companies”, “impossibility of getting actual number of compromised wells due to lack of cooperation ” and” results could be an artefact of lack of data”.
In other words… It’s bull.
I suspect the pollution is in the deep ocean and will find its way into the aquifers later!
Reblogged this on gottadobetterthanthis and commented:
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Keeping in mind the motivation behind the study was to increase EPA size and control, the findings are significant. Hydraulic fracturing is safe.
Eventually they will release a similar study, just as weasel-worded, that will admit fracking doesn’t cause earthquakes. Affect earthquakes, yes, at least sometimes, but not cause them. The earth moves and builds up stress. Sometimes it shakes to relieve it.
So the EPA says no harm to the water…do you really think the fractivists care about the facts? They will just shift their focus to the air…because everyone is for clean air. And then they will jump on the fire horse…oh wait, they already do that in their aversion to burning fossil fuels. So they now have it all covered–fire, water, and air.
http://ecowatch.com/2015/06/04/epa-fracking-pollutes-drinking-water/ According to Sierra, and Eco Watch, The report refuted the conclusion arrived at by the U.S. EPA’s 2004 study that fracking poses no threat to drinking water, a conclusion used to exempt the fracking process from the Safe Drinking Water Act.