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BREAKING – EPA: Fracking poses no ‘widespread, systemic’ harm to drinking water

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BREAKING – EPA: Fracking poses no ‘widespread, systemic’ harm to drinking water

Ouch, that’s going to leave a mark.

Via Politico – A much-anticipated EPA report on hydraulic fracturing hands a victory to the oil and gas industry by concluding that the extraction process has “not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources,” according to a draft copy ofthe agency’s release obtained by POLITICO.

The conclusions of EPA’s years-long fracking study may yet change ahead of their release later today, but they appear to bolster natural gas producers that are benefitting from Obama administration power plant rules.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/...drinking-water-harm-118643.html#ixzz3c6s1rZil

[Note: this link to the draft copy report provided by Politico is broken, will update as soon as they do -Anthony]

UPDATE: link to EPA report below

http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/hfstudy/recordisplay.cfm?deid=244651
 
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