Photos Debunk Key Anti-Fracking Claim
Posted: February 6, 2014 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Breaking News, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Alan Kornacki, Gasland, Hydraulic fracturing, Josh Fox, Parker County, Range Resources, Texas, United States Environmental Protection Agency | 1 Comment
In this June 15, 2010 photo, filmmaker Josh Fox poses along a stream running through his property in Milanville, Pa. Fox’s new documentary, “Gasland,” takes on the natural gas drilling industry. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)
Lachlan Markay reports: Newly released photos of a flaming water well have renewed skepticism of claims by environmental activists and federal regulators that hydraulic fracturing made drinking water supplies in Parker County, Texas, flammable.
The 2005 photos show that drinking water in the area contained sufficiently high methane concentrations to be ignited years before a company blamed by environmentalists for water contamination began drilling in the area.
The Environmental Protection Agency in December 2010 issued an endangerment order against Range Resources, saying the oil and gas company either caused or contributed to groundwater contamination in Parker County.