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Study. notice anything they all have in common? all of them are very, very focused on one area of the country, right? like flashing red lights, danger will robinson, danger will robinson. this is all there on oklahoma. this is an oklahoma problem, oil and gas companies inject polluted waste water from the fracking process deep into the ground in oklahoma and oklahoma cant take it. the ground in oklahoma cant take it and now oklahoma had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of earthquakes every yea...

Earthquakes in the united states. induced earthquakes and they make it very clear, this is not, like, a big national problem in the united states. this is not everywhere. the u.s. geological survey did a study of man-made earthquakes, induced earthquakes and these are the maps from that study. heres one of them. i think we have a couple of these other maps. thats the one you saw in that "nbc nightly news" piece and weve got one more. so these are the maps from the study. notice anything they all...

This is an oklahoma problem, oil and gas companies inject polluted waste water from the fracking process deep into the ground in oklahoma and oklahoma cant take it. the ground in oklahoma cant take it and now oklahoma had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of earthquakes every year, multiple earthquakes per day, everyday of the year in oklahoma, including the biggest earthquakes in the continental ited states. and its not random. its not like god is mad at oklahoma and he keeps picking it up and...

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I want to know what you think. tonights question, do you think governor knew details about the fracking list? text a for yes. text b for no. now we go to kate shepard. lets start with the basics. quantify for us why people in ohio were worried about this kind of drilling. what would it do? >> there are a number of concerns that have been raised by hydraulic fracking around the country. people are concerned about the effects of water quality and the chemicals that are used in the fracking process...

We found no contaminants. >> even the epa director said at no case have we made a determination that the fracking process has caused chemicals to enter groundwater. >> some companies spilled chemicals. >> there is risk. the protestors say that instead of fracking america should use less energy and invest in all terneties. >> -- alternatives. >> wind solar and geothermal. >> there is more energy in allergy than any other source. >> no, there isnt. today renewable energy doesnt provide the world w...

Are used during the fracking process. here you can see are ruptured gas lines, shooting up. that sent the authorities scrambling to work on the flood lines. this is on weld countys facebook page, destruction in and around an oil and gas tank. underneath it, it says fortunately it is shut off. well, how about the other thousands of similar sites across the county and state? the local cbs affiliate in denver asked the head of the colorado oil and gas association, the trade group there, just that q...

Destroyed in colorado, at least 30 bridges destroyed, 20 more damaged. they believe it will be over $100 million worth of damages just to bridges in the state. 2 billion worth of damage overall. there is another area of concern on the ground getting national attention. and it is the thousands of colorado oil and gas wells that are under water or that have been under water in these floods. one colorado anti-fracking activist has been looking at sites in the counties. he says you can see tanks at ...

Contaminants in it. >> john: even epa director says. >> in no cases we determined that the fracking process have caused chemicals to end groundwater. >> there is risk. the protestors say instead of track america should just use less energy and invest in alternatives. >> renewable energy would be that, wind, solar, geothermal. >> there is more energy in algae in any other source. >> john:, no, renewable energy doesnt provide the world with the power we feed. >> if you got your way there would be ...