Fracking contamination downplayed (BBC) {or ... maybe not} [View all]
By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News, Vancouver
The concern that hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas is contaminating groundwater is overstated, claims a new report.
Researchers reviewing the available data in the US found nothing to suggest "fracking" had a unique problem.
Rather, they suggest the contamination events that do arise are just as likely to afflict other types of oil and gas drilling operations.
The claims were made at the annual AAAS conference in Vancouver, Canada.
Charles "Chip" Groat, associate director of Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, led the study.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17073435
Good news ! It's not that much worse than all the other $#!% that Big Oil does !
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