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Environment & Energy

theHandpuppet

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5. You would think so.

Reply to Vincardog (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 5, 2013, 08:01 PM

Aug 2013

That's why I posted this news article to the Ohio forum:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1071801

Why go to such great lengths to hide something that's supposed to be perfectly safe?

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Gas leaks from shale wells rare [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP

If they are so rare, the industry should not be exempt from the clean water act. Right? Vincardog Aug 2013 #1

You would think so. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #5

EXPLOSIVE gas leaks might be rare NickB79 Aug 2013 #2

One is too many. nt femmocrat Aug 2013 #3

I worked in the wellhead industry as a manager for 10 years, and this is definitely a mbperrin Aug 2013 #4

++++ Champion Jack Aug 2013 #7

All wells leak something. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #6

And with the new fracking technology which is orders of magnitude more powerful than what they used mbperrin Aug 2013 #8

Definitely. This isn't "old fashioned" drilling. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #9