Natural Gas Industry hamstrings Doctors in Pennsylvania

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56. The article actually states that Krancer has tried to block the EPA.

"Ever since he took office, Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Sec­re­tary Michael Krancer has been wary of the fed­eral Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency. Again and again,he’s chided the EPA and other fed­eral orga­ni­za­tions for get­ting involved in issues he thinks should be reg­u­lated by Pennsylvania."

If you re-read that paragraph, I'm sure you'll see the point.

I assume that you are already aware that the Penn State study was funded by the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry coalition that fights against environmental protections. Many citizens consider the Penn State study to be biased, particularly about methane contamination of ground water and wells.

It has been found that methane in affected water wells came from drilling; they analyzed the dissolved gas — generating a sort of chemical fingerprint — and found that it was thermogenic methane, which comes from the same rock layers targeted by gas drillers.

There does indeed need to be more study about methane.