$mass health care providers against fracked gas$

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Not Salon Water pollution from fracking confirmed in multiple states. At least they distinguished drilling and fracking. So is it any surprise what happened when prominent news outlets ran the AP story USA Today – Four States Confirm Water Pollution from Drilling confusing ‘complaints’ with ‘pollution’. And, even while acknowledging that the complaints refer to ALL drilling, Begos nonetheless manages to emphasize the connection to fracking, devoting a couple early paragraphs to the drilling technology that’s stirring up controversy, even going so far as to note that while other sorts of drilling may cause pollution, “Experts say the most common type of pollution involves methane, not chemicals from the drilling process.” Oops, there we go again… confusing complaints and pollution. But actually polluted wells? Not many, information that comes much later. Pennsylvania had 897 complaints in TWO years, and only 100 confirmed cases of pollution over FIVE years, but Begos doesn’t tell us how many total complaints there were for those five years.Ĭomplaints? Yes, plenty. Texas had 2000 complaints, and NO confirmed cases of pollution. West Virginia had 190 complaints, and only 4 cases that prompted clean up. 12 paragraphs into the story Begos reports that Ohio had 190 complaints in 5 years, only 6 of which involved actual pollution. Only, if you read on, you discover that while there were lots of complaints, there was hardly any actual pollution (which is what the companies claim is rare). But reporter Kevin Begos says in the lead paragraph that ”…hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review that casts doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely happen.” Whoa! Lots of water is being contaminated, and drilling companies are lying. The headline on the AP “Big Story” on January 5 read “Some States Confirm Water Pollution From Drilling”.

$mass health care providers against fracked gas$

Mass health care providers against fracked gas