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Five years ago, The Heartland Institute set out to correct some misperceptions about the hydraulic fracturing process (commonly known as “fracking”) that had gained traction in the opinions of a not-insignificant number of people across the country: It pollutes water! And the air! And causes cancer! And birth defects! And asthma! And earthquakes! All at once!
Efficient way of getting at energy sources, but people are also concerned we do not know what the chemicals are that are injected into the earth in order to do that. do you think that there should be additional regulation of that? and does epa have enough room to maneuver in order to protect drinking water supplies in a fracking environment? >> so epa's in the middle of a study. it's going to take us another year and a half to look at the impacts of fracking on ground water. i think it's really important to get scientific information to show the american people what we know. epa has access to ...
Release petroleum by-products from the earth and can be a very efficient way of getting at energy sources, but people are also concerned we do not know what the chemicals are that are injected into the earth in order to do that. do you think that there should be additional regulation of that? and does epa have enough room to maneuver in order to protect drinking water supplies in a fracking environment? >> so epa's in the middle of a study. it's going to take us another year and a half to look at the impacts of fracking on ground water. i think it's really important to get scientific informati...
To do that. do you think that there should be additional regulation of that? and does epa have enough room to maneuver in order to protect drinking water supplies in a fracking environment? >> so epa's in the middle of a study. it's going to take us another year and a half to look at the impacts of fracking on ground water. i think it's really important to get scientific information to show the american people what we know. epa has access to more data than is publicly available. and also to have our scientists look and crunch those numbers. in the meantime, we've also said where there are conc...