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I noticed that the "frack here, frack now" crowd has nothing to say about this:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/09/news...ex.htm?iid=EAL
http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/09/news...ex.htm?iid=EAL
Britain and the U.S. could tap undreamed reserves of gas and oil
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No, quite serious in fact.
The oil and gas industry frequently claims there has never been a proven case of hydraulic fracturing contaminating ground water. But not even the fossil fuel barons can claim it hasn’t contaminated academia.
Last week, an independent investigation found that a University of Texas study concluding hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, poses no threat to underground water supplies was tainted by a conflict of interest by the study’s lead author
That author, Charles Groat, was on the board of Plains Exploration & Production Co. and received an annual fee of $58,500 in 2011 while holding more than 40,000 shares of the energy firm worth more than $1.7 million. Groat has left the university...
...The panel that investigated the case concluded that “the study falls short of the generally accepted rigor required for the publication of scientific work,” citing Groat’s failure to disclose his conflict of interest as the main lapse.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/20...research-three-strikes-and-yer-out/?mobile=nc
So much for one "scientific" argument for fracking.
Last week, an independent investigation found that a University of Texas study concluding hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, poses no threat to underground water supplies was tainted by a conflict of interest by the study’s lead author
That author, Charles Groat, was on the board of Plains Exploration & Production Co. and received an annual fee of $58,500 in 2011 while holding more than 40,000 shares of the energy firm worth more than $1.7 million. Groat has left the university...
...The panel that investigated the case concluded that “the study falls short of the generally accepted rigor required for the publication of scientific work,” citing Groat’s failure to disclose his conflict of interest as the main lapse.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/20...research-three-strikes-and-yer-out/?mobile=nc
So much for one "scientific" argument for fracking.