Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Fracking shown in connection with water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming.

This is fracking craaazzzzy. 

In early December, the EPA published a draft of a report illustrating that a strong link has been made between fracking and contamination of drinking water in Pavillion, Wyoming.

Fracking is a hydraulic fracturing process used in extracting natural gases from underground.

"The draft report indicates that groundwater in the aquifer contains compounds likely associated with gas production practices, including hydraulic fracturing," explains the EPA. "The samples were consistent with chemicals identified in earlier EPA results released in 2010 and are generally below established health and safety standards."

When drilling for natural gas is at least somewhat evidently problematic, ponder pushing forward with and adopting the more environmentally responsible approach of solar energy, working with nature instead of against it and a better quality of human lives, too. The good of sun can go a long way.

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