DeGette plans to introduce ‘fracking’ bill this week to protect drinking water from gas drilling

Colorado Independent by David O. Williams | Jun. 8, 2009 (News Report)

Officials for the natural gas industry are quick to point out that a process called hydraulic fracturing has been in use for more than 60 years without a single documented case of groundwater contamination by the chemicals used to make gas flow more freely from wells.

But U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is just as quick to respond that it’s hard to document contamination when no one outside of the industry knows exactly what kinds of chemicals are being ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, Pollution, U.S. Congress, Oil and Gas, Water
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jun 8, 2009 - 12:24 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Kaizar Campwala (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jun 8, 2009 - 12:26 PM PDT

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 by Derek Hawkins - Jun. 8, 2009

Balanced story on the debate over hydraulic fracturing and its potential dangers to drinking water. Needs more sources -- what we get here are stakeholders in the debate; what we need are independent experts to comment on the drilling process.

Industry officials argue the process is already regulated by state agencies and that the types of chemicals being used are trade secrets that can give them a production ... More »

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Jun. 8, 2009

There are two questions I have that this piece doesn't answer: 1) the validity of the competitiveness claim by the industry and 2) the trustworthiness of the Susan Alvillar's claim that there can't be any 'commingling' of liquids.

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