Somebody’s Not Going to Be Very Happy With the Outcome of This Study

What a pity.

Study finds fracking chemicals didn’t pollute water: AP

PITTSBURGH A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated Press.

After a year of monitoring, the researchers found that the chemical-laced fluids used to free gas trapped deep below the surface stayed thousands of feet below the shallower areas that supply drinking water, geologist Richard Hammack said.

Although the results are preliminary — the study is still ongoing — they are a boost to a natural gas industry that has fought complaints from environmental groups and property owners who call fracking dangerous.

categories Biz, Nanny State, People, Politics | | datetime July 20, 2013 5:52 pm

3 Responses to “Somebody’s Not Going to Be Very Happy With the Outcome of This Study”

  1. JeffS says:
    July 20, 2013 at 10:45 pm

    Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such a pity.

  2. Gunslinger says:
    July 21, 2013 at 9:32 am

    That won’t stop liberals from screaming like a pack of coked up gibbons about the “evils” of fracking.

  3. aelfheld says:
    July 21, 2013 at 9:37 am

    Facts? We don’t need no facts! — Every environazi, everywhere

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