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Congress Orders EPA to Study Hydraulic Fracturing

November 11, 2009 By TXsharon

In 2005, at the urging of Dick Cheney, former Halliburton CEO, Congress exempt fracing from the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In 2001, Cheney’s energy task force report “touted” benefits and ignored consequences. His office was “involved in discussions about how fracturing should be portrayed in the [EPA] report.” EPA used “questionable science” to support the decision.

Now there’s a new sheriff in town and a new Congress!

Congress Tells EPA to Study Hydraulic Fracturing

As part of the $32 billion Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill recently signed by President Obama, lawmakers asked the EPA to re-visit hydraulic fracturing, the process where copious amounts of water and sand mixed with toxic chemical additives are furiously pumped underground to break up gas-bearing rock thousands of feet below.

The bill urges the EPA to use a portion of the money to fund a scientifically robust and peer-reviewed study of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water, “using a credible approach that relies on the best available science.”

WAHOO!

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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.

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Comments

  1. Ward in the Woods says

    November 11, 2009 at 2:01 am

    First Dr. Al Armendariz for
    Region 6. Now congress telling
    EPA to study Hydraulic Fracking.
    How great is that? Good things
    come in three's, I'm waiting…..

  2. TXsharon says

    November 11, 2009 at 2:13 am

    Aggregate emissions?

  3. Anonymous says

    November 11, 2009 at 2:50 am

    Study it hell–we know the answer, it's bad for water, land and the environment. What are we gonna do about it?

  4. TXsharon says

    November 11, 2009 at 3:02 am

    Seriously agree!

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