Fracking industry keeps eye on Obama, EPA report could doom its future

Fracking industry keeps eye on Obama, EPA report could doom its future by Ben Wolfgang, November 22, 2012, The Washington Times
Industry leaders won’t have to wait long for their first clue to what the future holds. Next month, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release a draft of its long-awaited report on suspected links between water pollution and fracking, which uses huge amounts of water, combined with sand and chemical mixtures, to crack underground rock and release trapped oil and gas. The completed EPA study won’t be finished until 2014, but the draft will provide an early indication to which energy path the Obama administration will take in the next four years. Many in the energy sector, along with congressional Republicans, fear the report will paint fracking in a negative light and give the White House political cover for cracking down on it in the name of science, something environmentalists have hoped for since Mr. Obama came into office in 2009.

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