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Related: About this forumEPA Urged by Nearly 100,000 Americans to Redo Highly Controversial Fracking Study
EPA Urged by Nearly 100,000 Americans to Redo Highly Controversial Fracking Study
by Cole Mellino
EcoWatch
8/28/15
The public comment period for the highly controversial U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) fracking study ends today. Food & Water Watch, Environmental Action, Breast Cancer Action and other advocacy groups delivered nearly 100,000 comments from Americans asking the U.S. EPA to redo their study with a higher level of scrutiny and oversight.
The study produced significant controversy due to the discrepancy in what the EPA found in its report and what the agencys news release title said. The study stated that we did not find evidence of widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources, but the title of the EPAs news release said, Assessment shows hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resourcesa subtle but significant difference that led to most news coverage having headlines like this one in Forbes, EPA Fracking Study: Drilling Wins.
In addition to the misleading EPA headline, the groups were also quick to point out that the study had a limited scope and was conducted with a lack of new substantive data. Concluding that fracking is safe based off a study with such a limited scope is irresponsible, said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Water Watch. How many more people must be poisoned by the oil and gas industry for the EPA to stand up and protect peoples health? Its time for the agency to do its job and stop letting industry shills intimidate it.
The groups emphasize that despite the limitations of the report, the agency still found numerous harms to drinking water resources from fracking. For instance, the EPA found evidence of more than 36,000 spills from 2006 to 2012. That amounts to about 15 spills every day somewhere in the U.S.
full story~
http://ecowatch.com/2015/08/28/epa-redo-fracking-study/
by Cole Mellino
EcoWatch
8/28/15
The public comment period for the highly controversial U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) fracking study ends today. Food & Water Watch, Environmental Action, Breast Cancer Action and other advocacy groups delivered nearly 100,000 comments from Americans asking the U.S. EPA to redo their study with a higher level of scrutiny and oversight.
The study produced significant controversy due to the discrepancy in what the EPA found in its report and what the agencys news release title said. The study stated that we did not find evidence of widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources, but the title of the EPAs news release said, Assessment shows hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resourcesa subtle but significant difference that led to most news coverage having headlines like this one in Forbes, EPA Fracking Study: Drilling Wins.
In addition to the misleading EPA headline, the groups were also quick to point out that the study had a limited scope and was conducted with a lack of new substantive data. Concluding that fracking is safe based off a study with such a limited scope is irresponsible, said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food and Water Watch. How many more people must be poisoned by the oil and gas industry for the EPA to stand up and protect peoples health? Its time for the agency to do its job and stop letting industry shills intimidate it.
The groups emphasize that despite the limitations of the report, the agency still found numerous harms to drinking water resources from fracking. For instance, the EPA found evidence of more than 36,000 spills from 2006 to 2012. That amounts to about 15 spills every day somewhere in the U.S.
full story~
http://ecowatch.com/2015/08/28/epa-redo-fracking-study/
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EPA Urged by Nearly 100,000 Americans to Redo Highly Controversial Fracking Study (Original Post)
RiverLover
Aug 2015
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Hydra
(14,459 posts)1. Crazy that we have to fight for our gov't to make them adequately protect us n/t
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)4. Its a crazy time.
United States of Corporations
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)2. EPA to nearly 100,000 people