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When Benjamin Grumbles was assistant administrator for water at the Environmental Protection Agency in the George W. Bush administration, he oversaw the release of a 2004 EPA report that determined that hydraulic fracturing was safe for drinking water. Then he watched as Congress used those findings to bolster the case for passing a law that prohibited the EPA from regulating fracking under the Safe Drinking Water Act
Former Bush EPA official: Re-examine fracking exemption | Alaska Dispatch
Seeded on Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:08 AM EST
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Q: You've said the study was never intended to be a "clean bill of health." Can you explain?
When we got the report, it was a snapshot in time. It was a thorough review describing the issues. Whether it's hydraulic fracturing or any other type of practice that can have an impact on the environment, one single report shouldn't be the basis for a perpetual, never-ending policy decision.
It wasn't meant to be a bill of health saying 'well, this practice is fine. Exempt it in all respects from any regulation.' I'm sure that wasn't the intent of the panel of experts, and EPA never viewed it that way. That's one reason why we were urging Congress to say 'look, if you are going to issue an exemption, ensure that it is not perpetual.'
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#1 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:10 AM ESTThanks for the seed, BH. People need to wake up and do some research to see how dangerous fracking is. Our water is at risk!
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#2 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:03 PM ESTYa know,Mate, when you cast your net, you never know what you'll catch.
Hit the dispatch looking for fish stuff, and thought of Dowsers artice yesterday. The added articles posted can only keep it out there a little longer, and people that don;t know about it finaly say awright, awright, I'll read it.
If you believe in something important to you, and want people to know, ya gotta keep it in their face.
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A GOP spokesperson declared today that Republicans favor tough new regulations on Fracking and and will introduce a bill requiring that all fracking be done by two person teams consisting on one man and one woman for the purpose of production.
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#3 - Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:57 AM ESTTrouble with that theory is they will not abort an untimely frac job.
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I know all problems with the environment are supposed to be sponsored by the GOP. It makes good propaganda. Sadly voting for democrats doesn't help the environment either. Their green-washed oil dollars come from the same place that the GOP's do. JJ
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