Deroy Murdock: 'Fracking' for gas not something we should fear
"In the 41 years that I have supervised oil and gas exploration, production and development in South Dakota, no documented case of water-well or aquifer damage by the fracking of oil or gas wells, has been brought to my attention," said the Department of Environment's Fred Steece. "Nor am I aware of any such cases before my time." Steece commented in a June 2009 New York DEC document that cites regulators from 15 states who identified zero examples of fracking-related water pollution.
The Americans quoted here are neither gas company executives nor natural gas publicists. These are public servants who oversee this industry, and many work or have worked for red-tape-loving Democrats. Nonetheless, they are unafraid of fracking. Thus, frackophobes have nothing to offer but fear itself.
Deroy Murdock is a columnist with Scripps Howard News Service and a media fellow with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University. Email him at deroy.Murdock@gmail.com
- My view: Why moderates lost the caucus vote
- In our opinion: Scouting success will come...
- Lois M. Collins: Kids' summer 'bucket list'...
- My view: UDOT listened, made a good choice
- Letters: No welfare, ever
- Search for extraterrestrial life goes on,...
- In our opinion: Big screen exploitation of...
- Comprehensive immigration reform or bust
Subscribe
Mobile
RSS
- Letters: No welfare, ever
70 - My view: Why moderates lost the caucus... 31
- Letter: The real death panel:... 30
- Tolerance and the same-sex marriage debate 29
- In our opinion: Big screen exploitation... 25
- Robert J. Samuelson: Can Americans stem... 19
- Richard Davis: Abortion laws should... 19
- In our opinion: Scouting success will... 18
Hilarious. No mention that oil companies have been given an exeption from the Clean Water Act.
Making the statement, "EPA has determined that there are not levels of contaminants present that would require additional action by the More..
Oh really "not here" while working in the oil field they often gave you time and resources to test the ground water? You're an environmental engineer? There are plenty of engineers that have documented contamination in ground water from More..
watch the documentary "Gasland". I personally would not want my tap water lightable! If it is so safe - why is it exempt from the clean water act? Why do they need this exemption?