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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, who was appointed by Obama in 2008, says that the Pavillion study in Wyoming that found water contamination from hydraulic fracturing may need another look.
“We have absolutely no indication now that drinking water is at risk,” said Jackson about the study, according to the Ithaca Journal.
On Dec. 8 the EPA released a draft report showing well contaminants linked to hydraulic fracturing in the the Pavillion natural gas field of Wyoming, about 370 kilometres northeast of Salt Lake City.
Matt Mead, Governor of the State of Wyoming, has weighed in and sent a formal request to the EPA on Wednesday to study the issue further.
“I hope we can work together to move the work surrounding Pavillion water to a more cooperative, logical and scientific approach,” Governor Mead wrote.
Encana, a natural gas producer operating in basins from from northeast British Columbia to east Texas, refutes the study by the EPA.
2 Comments
Dan Oancea
Jeez, what’s wrong with them EPA? They should have waited a little bit longer and subject their results to some scrutiny (peer review) before releasing this kind of data because news hungry media puts a sensational spin on everything. Anyway they (industry & EPA) should get together and find better ways of monitoring fracking.
Biddulph Art
I would think and hope it is not true,that these govt environmental people do not have an open mind.By releasing an untrue result it is really difficult to get what is true across to a sceptical public. Untruthes seem to be the normal for environmentalists. sensationalism
runs wild with them and the media.