Fracturing

There is a bill in Congress to give the EPA jurisdiction over this called the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act. The last time I talked to Congressman Chris Carney he was noncommittal on this bill.

Gort42 Gort 2010

There are two bills currently before Congress, HR-2766 in the House and S-1215 in the Senate, which propose to regulate hydrofracturing under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Each of the virtually identical bills is called the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act. The oil and gas industry is currently exempt from complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act -- the only industry to enjoy such an exemption.

Ralph D'Andrea: Water Still Matters 2009

"Fracturing" is an unregulated process that involves shooting materials with chemicals deep underground to break up shale to release natural gas.

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Dems Work the Union Vote; McCain 'Fracturing' GOP: James Dobson's Slap From the Right; Dems to Bernanke: 'Help Main Street'

CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2008 2008

Fracturing WASHINGTON — Data submitted to Congress by 12 oil and gas companies indicates they pumped hydraulic-fracturing fluids containing diesel fuel into wells in 19 states without proper permits, three House Democrats wrote in a letter released Monday.

Energy Companies Faulted on Ryan Tracy 2011

Fracturing is a process used to extract trapped oil and gas from thousands of feet below ground by injecting a mixture of water, sand and chemicals under enough force to shatter the rock and allow the oil and gas to flow out.

EPA Fracking Study To Focus On 5 States, But Not Wyoming The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

See also, for some reflections by an anthropologist on resemblances between cultures, Simon Harrison, Fracturing Resemblances: Identity and Mimetic Conflict in Melanesia and the West New York: Berghahn Books, 2006.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Fracturing is a process used to extract trapped oil and gas from thousands of feet below ground by injecting a mixture of water, sand and chemicals under enough force to shatter the rock and allow the oil and gas to flow out.

EPA Fracking Study To Focus On 5 States, But Not Wyoming The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

See also, for some reflections by an anthropologist on resemblances between cultures, Simon Harrison, Fracturing Resemblances: Identity and Mimetic Conflict in Melanesia and the West New York: Berghahn Books, 2006.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Fracturing has emerged as a focal point of the controversy over drilling because environmentalists fear the process can contaminate drinking-water supplies.

Chesapeake Spill Heightens Pressures Ben Casselman 2011