Families in Susquehanna County do, and it's making them sick. Over a dozen of families have filed lawsuits againt Southwestern Energy Production Comapny ( SEPCO) claiming that “releases, spills, and discharges of combustible gases, hazardous chemicals, and industrial wastes” have contaminated their drikning water and have made it unsafe to drink. SEPCO has made no statements in its defense insofar, and is apparently sticking by their claim that their methods of garnering natural gas are safe and secure.
Environmentalists say otherwise.
This is a picture of a process called Hydraulic Fracturing, also called "Fracking". It is a method that has long been used for drilling for natural gas deposits, and some serious light is now being shed on it, as it is being used widely n newly available natural gas deposits in Pennsylvania, West Virgina, Ohio, and New York.
Basically, SEPCO uses high-pressure water to shoot at sand deposits to release the natural gas for collection. They have long claimed that Fracking is not harmful to the people's supply of drinking water, but there is evidence out there that suggests otherwise.
One such piece of evidence is a Youtube video that shows the effect of fracking on water.
This is the evidence that the families are using in the court, and it appears that the judges are buying it.
Are the companies truly evil? Or is this just another coax from the crazy hippies?
You decide.
This is an awsome artciel cody and i dont know how you got this video but its really cool. good job
ReplyDeleteLol!!! I dont think waters supposed to catch on fire...
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