Fracking for gas puts life-giving water at risk

Fracking for gas puts life-giving water at risk

We believe that the endorsement of President Barack Obama and the other major presidential candidates for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a process used to drill for natural gas, is a shortsighted energy plan. As recently seen in Colorado at the premier auction for unallocated water, the top bidd...

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Veröffentlicht in:National Catholic Reporter 2012-04, Vol.48 (14), p.20
1. Verfasser: Religious on Water
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Creeks & streams
Drinking water
Earth
Environmental aspects
Hydraulic fracturing
Hydraulics
Methods
Natural gas
Oil wells
Religion
Water conservation
Watershed management
Watersheds
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Zusammenfassung:We believe that the endorsement of President Barack Obama and the other major presidential candidates for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a process used to drill for natural gas, is a shortsighted energy plan. As recently seen in Colorado at the premier auction for unallocated water, the top bidders were companies that provide water to well sites for fracking, not the farmers who were once the exclusive bidders.
ISSN:0027-8939