The Halliburton Loophole (Hydraulic Fracturing)

icon gravatar.comwww.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/opinion/03tue3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
sent by kladner since 18 days 23 hours 23 minutes, published about 18 days 20 hours 50 minutes
"The safety of the nation’s water supply should not have to rely on luck or the public relations talents of the oil and gas industry. Thanks in part to two New Yorkers — Representative Maurice Hinchey and Senator Charles Schumer — Congress last week approved a bill that asks the E.P.A. to conduct a new study on the risks of hydraulic fracturing. An agency study in 2004 whitewashed the industry and was dismissed by experts as superficial and politically motivated. This time Congress is demanding “a transparent, peer-reviewed process.”
tags: fracturing, toxic chemicals, water supply
3 commentscategory: Environment karma: 163

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  1. #1    Don't you love that "proprietary secrets and that disclosing them would hurt their competitiveness"? Kinda useful little item to get you off the hook.
    written by CwV since 18 days 23 hours 18 minutesCwV
  2. #2    "It also argues that the process is basically safe and that regulating it would deter domestic production. But if hydraulic fracturing is as safe as the industry says it is, why should it fear regulation? "

    Where have we heard this line of reasoning recently - Oh yeah. Derivitives are basically safe. Look where that one got us.
    written by Dano2112a since 18 days 18 hours 40 minutesDano2112a
  3. #3    Cheney sure likes blowing up other peoples stuff.

    http://www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=138
    written by quidam56 since 18 days 15 hours 23 minutesquidam56
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