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“The
one—and only—place in the nation where fracking is causing water
contamination…”
Yeah,
right..
Even Government Admits Fracking Mess in Wyoming
Even Government Admits Fracking Mess in Wyoming
10
September, 2012
Via: Bloomberg:
Louis
Meeks, a hay farmer in Pavillion, Wyo., holds a mason jar under a
faucet in his house and turns on the water. It’s a demonstration
he’s given to a slew of neighbors and government officials. The
water, drawn from his backyard well, is cloudy and smells like
diesel. “Would you want to drink it?” he asks.
Meeks
blames the bad water on fracking, the process in which thousands of
gallons of water are mixed with sand and chemicals and blasted
underground to free natural gas.
After
sampling and analyzing his water, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency last December issued a preliminary report citing the Pavillion
area as the
one—and only—place in the nation where fracking is causing water
contamination.
Far from thanking Meeks for raising the alarm, his neighbors in the
town (population: 231) now say he’s responsible for driving real
estate buyers and business away. “It was instantaneous, like the
spigot was turned off,” says Ginny Warren, describing how sales at
her restaurant dried up. “I’m stuck with a property that I
couldn’t give away if I wanted to.”
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