EPA: Fracking is Bad

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally – and just in time! – confirmed what we’ve known for a long time: “Fracking can and does contaminate drinking water.”  Environmental groups have praised the EPA for acting on the recommendations of its Science Advisory Board and made public statements about the inherent harms and hazards of fracking. 

 

It’s no surprise that the incoming administration, and the American Petroleum Institute, are balking about the EPA’s recent statement.  The more they complain and fight the EPA, the more I know and trust that the EPA is protecting us against water contamination by fracking. 

 

I’m just worried sick about what Scott Pruitt, Trump’s pick for the EPA, plans to DO with the EPA.  He is a climate change denier who will dismantle regulations on industry. What is a climate-change denier doing in the most powerful position in the EPA? Pruitt sued the EPA 12 times over regulations for curbing carbon emissions from power plants, methane from the oil and gas industry, and mercury from coal-powered power plants. Seriously?

 

When in doubt about a candidate’s intentions, just follow the money.  Pruitt received over $700,000 in contributions from – well, let’s say, they’re not environmentalists!

 

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