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Continuing Fight to Require Full Disclosure of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids


This Den­ver Post arti­cle dis­cusses the cur­rent bat­tle in Col­orado to require full dis­clo­sure of frack­ing chem­i­cals like they have done in Wyoming and Texas. It’s shame­ful that some com­pa­nies must be forced to dis­close use of chem­i­cals that are known to be harm­ful to those liv­ing near these drilling sites. I am gen­er­ally a pro­po­nent for reduc­ing gov­ern­ment reg­u­la­tion. How­ever, gov­ern­ment needs to inter­vene when com­pa­nies begin to put prof­its above the health and safety of their customers.

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EPA’s Plan to Study Hydraulic Fracturing


EPA’s Final Plan to Study the Poten­tial Impacts of Hydraulic Frac­tur­ing on Drink­ing Water Resources pre­sen­ta­tion was released in early Novem­ber 2011. Some of the high­lights from the pre­sen­ta­tion are sum­ma­rized in this article.

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EPA’s Draft Plan to Study Hydraulic Fracturing

EPA has embarked on a multi-year study to eval­u­ate the envi­ron­men­tal impacts of hydraulic frac­tur­ing, also known as frack­ing. The EPA plans to release an interim report in 2012 and their final report in 2014. Con­gress directed EPA to study the rela­tion­ship between hydraulic frac­tur­ing and drink­ing water, and this study.

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