Sorely Disappointed

Earlier today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a study that measured the effect of fracking upon drinking water. Both environmental groups and the energy industry claimed that the results supported their respective positions [bold added].

We did not find evidence that these mechanisms have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States. Of the potential mechanisms identified in this report, we found specific instances where one or more mechanisms led to impacts on drinking water resources, including contamination of drinking water wells. The number of identified cases, however, was small compared to the number of hydraulically fractured wells.

In other words, fracking can proceed with safeguards.

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From perusal of the comment boards some environmentalists, hoping for an expansion of the EPA's war on coal to fracking, are sorely disappointed.

Expect challenges by them to these findings,  but not to global warming, where the science is settled.