The EPA has issued a subpoena to energy giant Haliburton, requiring the company to release information about the chemicals used to mine for natural gas.
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| From Treehugger.com story. |
Natural gas is obtained through a process known as fracking where the land is fractured using chemical laden water to release the gas from the soil.
Unfortunately for myself, and anyone else who drinks water, these chemicals find their way into our waterways.
“While the exact components of each fracking fluid mix are closely held industry secrets, previous studies and a congressional investigation have shown they may contain barium, strontium, benzene, toluene, ethanol, and nonylphenols, diesel fuel, acetone, boric acid, ethelyene glycol, isopropanol, hydrochloric acid and/or formic acid,” says Environmental News Service story.
“The oil and gas drillers can keep secret the chemicals they inject underground because, unlike most other industries, they enjoy waivers under the Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Superfund, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act and the National Environmental Policy Act,” the story goes on to say.
Jeff Fox’s documentary “Gasland” does a magnificent job illuminating the subject. And on gaslandthemovie.com you can see how the water may not be safe to drink in some of this country’s most beautiful waterways.
Shown in the end of the trailer - many of the people in these areas can turn on their faucet, hold a flame to the water pouring out, and see it torch.
Here are some news organizations' stories on the subject: NPR, NY Times, CBS, The Huffington Post, and Vanity Fair.
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