Hydraulic fracturing , or fracking , is a method of pull out born gas by shell cloak-and-dagger tilt with urine , sand and chemical . masses areprotesting its use of goods and services , saying fracking causes “ yellow and foul - smelling well water , deformed livestock , poison fish and itchy skin . ”
The NYT wait at the tension boil over in a biotic community in southwestern Pennsylvania , a realm that ’s a hotbed for innate flatulence . On one side , you have the citizenry , newly weary of crowing corporations and their bent for make out quoin and reckless nature towards the environment . They think that there has n’t been enough examination to evidence that fracking does n’t damage the groundwater .
On the other side , you have natural gas corporations , who believe that fracking , which uses mostly water and moxie , is n’t responsible for the polluted groundwater , and are pushing lifelike gas as a clear energy reservoir as we transition away from foreign oil .
In the middle is the EPA , which is on a “ hearing hitch ” as it essay to envision out a $ 1.9 million study on fracking ’s wallop on groundwater to answer the question definitively . However it sway out , somebody ’s going to be unhappy . [ NYTimes ]
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