Gas patch scientists explain how hydraulic fracturing can permanently contaminate public water supplies

2011-05-6

Accounts from two experts show there are plenty of opportunities for toxic chemicals to enter drinking water supplies As gas industry leaders prepare to discuss hydraulic fracturing at a congressional field meeting in California and at a Representatives’ briefing in DC, it will be interesting to hear what is said about the possibility of water… Read more »

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State regulator admits, but not to Congress, that gas production led to water contamination in Colorado

2011-04-21

Neslin’s narrow definition of hydraulic fracturing misleads Committee members **As Pennsylvanians deal with the breaking news that wastewater from a Chesapeake hydraulic fracturing well blowout has entered their drinking supplies, similar stories continue to unfold in Colorado.** Within minutes after his testimony about the safety of hydraulic fracturing in front of the United States Senate… Read more »

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