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As the country awaits results from a nationwide safety study on the natural gas drilling process of fracking, a separate government investigation into contamination in a place where residents have long complained that drilling fouled their water has turned up alarming levels of underground pollution.
A pair of environmental monitoring wells drilled deep into an aquifer in Pavillion, Wyo., contain high levels of cancer-causing compounds and at least one chemical commonly used in hydraulic fracturing, according to new water test results released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The findings are consistent with water samples the EPA has collected from at least 42 homes in the area since 2008, when ProPublica began reporting on foul water and health concerns in Pavillion and the agency started investigating reports of contamination there.
EPA Finds Compound Used In Fracking In Wyoming Aquifer | Business News | Minyanville.com
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Hmm, is it any wonder that there are so many energy companies funding candidates and PACs that are anti EPA. The EPA may just be uncovering some inconvenient truths.
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#1 - Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:11 PM ESTThat was obvious to any one watching politics for the last thirty or so years!
But, there is a tad bit of good news:
the Obama Administration has decided to reevaluate the environmental review of the dirty Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. This is GREAT NEWS and we should all take a moment to applaud this decision.
What does this mean?
Another review not only means more time to build our opposition, but gives the administration a chance to do it right. We are confident that a more thorough scientific review of the pipeline proposal and a truly public input process—free from oil company influence—will lead the administration to determine that the right decision is to reject Keystone XL outright.
This means that, for the foreseeable future, there will not be an oil pipeline threatening the extremely fragile Ogallala Aquifer and drinking water for millions, refineries in Texas will not be increasing their toxic pollution, and the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers in six states along 1700 miles of American heartland will remain secure. This decision sends a powerful signal to the tar sands industry that we will not lay down for the reckless expansion of tar sands oil.
The above is from an e-mail I just received from the Sierra Club.
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I've seen some reports on MSNBC that the earthquakes in OK last week were due to fracking.
People also need to see the movie "Gasland". They show it every once in a while on Current TV.
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Gasland has an excellent website, as well. Worth visiting.
gaslandthemovie.com/
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When they started fracking in my area, my well water turned to @!$%#, and there have been a few minor earthquakes in the next town over. They had no previous records of earthquakes.
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#2 - Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:11 PM ESTKyle, I've lived with earthquakes all my life, and in California, we make quite a study of them because, well, we live with them on a daily basis. If you go to the USGS survey site, you will see that the state has between 500 - 1000 a day, depending upon if there is a swarm.
One thing that doesn't happen is earthquakes on "old rock". That means that the older parts of the earth where the tectonic plates are inactive do not have earthquakes. Just think about the years and years between this latest report of earthquakes in OK or on the East Coast - anywhere but the Ring of Fire- and when the last reported earthquakes happened. It's almost eons. Fracking is the cause - and that is not just hyperbole.
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