Risks Rise for Fracking

Risks Rise for Fracking by Sharon Kelly, March 5, 2012, The Environmental Magazine
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) warned New York regulators, who are considering if and how to lift the state’s temporary moratorium on shale gas drilling, about the potential for fracking to contaminate drinking water…. Several major news venues, including The New York Review of Books and Rolling Stone, just released pieces that ask tough questions about the costs and financial and environmental risks of fracking.