A peer-reviewed scientific study has found a definite correlation between methane gas migration into drinking water wells--a phenomenon documented in the movie "Gasland," which shows several homeowners lighting their running kitchen faucets on fire--and the process of hydraulic fracture, or "fracking."
The study was done by Duke University, and found dangerous levels of methane in drinking water where a gas well was fracked within a kilometer (about three-fifths of a mile) of a water well. Considering that present WV regulations allow fracking as close as 200 feet to a water well, this study shows how truly inadequate those regulations are.
Let's hope that once the gubernatorial primary dust clears, legislators (including the acting governor) will get serious about a special session to deal with this issue.
http://www.propublica.org/article/scientific-study-links-flammable-drinking-water-to-fracking
--Michael Hasty
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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Thanks. Who are folks voting for in the upcoming Primary? I am undecided and would like to hear comments from the HI folks...
I'm voting for Purdue. He's for strong regulation and friendly towards single payer healthcare as well as putting a cap on utility rates.
If anyone knows of anyone better than Purdue for Governor, who would be open to a moratorium on fracking, I would love to hear about them.
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