Awkward! Hydraulic Fracturing Opponent Funds Study Finding It Doesn't Contaminate Water
February 15, 2016
Hydraulic fracturing's safety record is so good that not even a study funded by an anti-hydraulic fracturing foundation could find evidence that it contaminates drinking water.
The technology, which breaks up shale rock thousands of feet below the earth to release trapped oil and natural gas, has driven down energy prices and transformed America's energy economy.
In 2012, the University of Cincinnati started testing Ohio wells to see if hydraulic fracturing was causing water contamination. The project was partly funded by a $20,000 grant from the Deer Creek Foundation.
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