Friday, December 21, 2012

U.S. releases initial report on fracking impacts on drinking water

Reuters: The Obama administration issued the framework on Friday of a long-term study on whether fracking for natural gas pollutes drinking water, but will not make conclusions until 2014 about the controversial technique that is helping to fuel a domestic drilling boom. Critics of the Environmental Protection Agency study, called for by Congress in 2010, complain it does not closely examine the impact of drillers' injecting waste water deep underground, a practice that has been linked to small earthquakes....

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/21/us-usa-epa-fracking-idUSBRE8BK0S920121221?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
Enclosure: http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20121221&t=2&i=687113410&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE8BK1CWT00

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