Jack, the EPA may not have so much job security in 2017. There are already a lot of calls to scale them way back and the top management will probably be fired for their actions in the last 7 years.
This article is about as bad as they get. First and foremost the EPA study did not find that “fracking is safe for drinking water,” they claimed that it had not had a significant effect on the nation’s drinking water. There is a huge difference. But, there are larger problems.
They relied on oil companies to provide data and their own studies. We know for a fact they are willing to lie and hide negative data because they hid their own studies concluding that burning fossil fuels was responsible for climate change. Even if you ignore that the study is flawed, which is why the scientists are coming out against it.
The companies that use fracking technology have a law written where they do not have to reveal what chemicals they use. So when there are problems because of a chemical there is no way to prove they caused it. The main studies they are going on here are from Colorado where they found the same thing, supposedly. But, they claim that many chemicals are already in the ground and are the reason for the cancer, harm, etc. In reality these chemicals are far below the formations with oil in them, and they would be “sealed” in, but in the process of fracking the cracks are made and them water is pumped forcing these chemicals to the surface, where they then claim it was a natural chemical and not fracking that caused the problem, even though it would be impossible for those chemicals to escape without fracking.
They also argue that fracking is mainly bad in places with “spills” or fractured wells. The oil industry’s own studies and studies from Cornell show about a 25% failure rate for fracking wells casings IMMEDIATELY, and then even if you ignore that at minimum 40% are estimated to fail relatively soon.
There is plenty more, like the amount of methane they leak into the atmosphere, even for years after they drill, but he record on water contamination is pretty strong/
This is a common practice in government agencies. They call it Job Security.
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This article is about as bad as they get. First and foremost the EPA study did not find that “fracking is safe for drinking water,” they claimed that it had not had a significant effect on the nation’s drinking water. There is a huge difference. But, there are larger problems.
They relied on oil companies to provide data and their own studies. We know for a fact they are willing to lie and hide negative data because they hid their own studies concluding that burning fossil fuels was responsible for climate change. Even if you ignore that the study is flawed, which is why the scientists are coming out against it.
The companies that use fracking technology have a law written where they do not have to reveal what chemicals they use. So when there are problems because of a chemical there is no way to prove they caused it. The main studies they are going on here are from Colorado where they found the same thing, supposedly. But, they claim that many chemicals are already in the ground and are the reason for the cancer, harm, etc. In reality these chemicals are far below the formations with oil in them, and they would be “sealed” in, but in the process of fracking the cracks are made and them water is pumped forcing these chemicals to the surface, where they then claim it was a natural chemical and not fracking that caused the problem, even though it would be impossible for those chemicals to escape without fracking.
They also argue that fracking is mainly bad in places with “spills” or fractured wells. The oil industry’s own studies and studies from Cornell show about a 25% failure rate for fracking wells casings IMMEDIATELY, and then even if you ignore that at minimum 40% are estimated to fail relatively soon.
There is plenty more, like the amount of methane they leak into the atmosphere, even for years after they drill, but he record on water contamination is pretty strong/