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I want to know what you think. tonight's 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. let's 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 and ground water. they're concerned about air quality issues. there are a number of concerns that...

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 isn't. today renewable energy doesn't provide the world with anywhere near the power we need. >> if you environmental zealots got your way there would be n...

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 county's 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 question. >> what was in those tanks? what is now in the waters that are flowing down stream? >> the...

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 odd angles that are overturned. he says they hold the wells that are used during the fracking proces...

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 doesn't provide the world with the power we feed. >> if you got your way there would be no progress. oil, natural gas, fuel is dirty but otherwise we would be living in the dark ages. >> ...