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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEPA Pushes Back Fracking Impact Study To 2016
http://www.mintpressnews.com/epa-pushes-back-fracking-impact-study-to-2016/163927/EPA Pushes Back Fracking Impact Study To 2016
By Trisha Marczak | June 20, 2013
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving back its timeline for release of its study on the impact of hydraulic fracturing from 2014 to 2016, the agency announced this week at the Shale Gas: Promises and Challenges conference in Cleveland, Ohio.
The study, aimed at assessing the threats fracking poses to groundwater supplies and air quality, began in 2010 under the direction of Congress. The intent was to create a thorough assessment of the drilling method so states could make informed decisions on whether to ban fracking or regulate the industry.
With the studys release still years away, some observers question whether it will mean much at all, as the industry is likely to continue its takeover. Horizontal drilling is already taking off in North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Ohio, to name a few. Just this week, Illinois enacted a new law welcoming the industry into the southern portion of the state.
In June 2012, there were more than 680,000 fracking wells throughout the country, according to a Scientific American report and theres no sign of it slowing down. By 2018, North Americas daily supply of oil will be 3.9 million barrels higher than it was in 2012, according to the International Energy Agency.
This expansion of the industry will happen before the EPA study can provide guidance on the possibility of water contamination from the fracking process, which injects a combination of water, chemicals and silica sand deep into the earth to break up formation where oil is locked. The concern is that, once injected, those chemicals will seep into the groundwater supply.
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EPA Pushes Back Fracking Impact Study To 2016 (Original Post)
G_j
Jul 2013
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atreides1
(16,093 posts)1. The EPA is in someone's pocket!
Or maybe they're obeying orders from a higher level source...kind of like the IRS IG who decided not to point out that groups on the left were also being investigated closely.
Wonder how man former Bush appointees are still holding positions of authority within the EPA or any other departments?
G_j
(40,370 posts)2. I'm sure it is
all a little too convenient for the frackers.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)3. K&R