Wednesday, March 21, 2012

SWAPO 2011 News...The University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute Study: “No evidence of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing”.

The Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin recently conducted a study entitled "Fact-Based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas Development." Dr. Charles Groat, the lead author of the study, communicated the following study conclusion as part of the information release: "We found no direct evidence that hydraulic fracturing itself—the practice of fracturing the rocks—had contaminated shallow groundwater."

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