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The Federal Government

Pseudo-Science: The Flawed 2004 EPA Study of Hydraulic Fracturing

Study to Evaluate the Impacts to USDWs by Hydraulic Fracturing of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs

The 2004 EPA study that was rewritten by Vice President Dick Cheney's office to conceal the public health risks posed by fracking.

EPA Findings on Hydraulic Fracturing Deemed “Unsupportable”

When an EPA study concluding that hydraulic fracturing "poses little or no threat" to drinking water supplies was published in 2004,¹ several EPA scientists challenged the study's methodology and questioned the impartiality of the expert panel that reviewed its findings. The Bush administration has strongly supported hydraulic fracturing, an oil extraction technique developed by Halliburton Co., but environmental groups as well as scientists within the EPA have warned that the practice may contaminate drinking water and needs to be regulated.

EPA Scientist Blows the Whistle on the 2004 Study

Weston Willaim calls the '04 report "scientifically unsound and contrary to the purpose of the law."

Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation vs United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA

The landmark federal court decision that ordered the EPA to regulate hydraulic fracturing.

The Federal Government
The Oil and Gas Industry: Exempt From Our Most Important Environmental Laws
Regulation and Enforcement
The 2010 EPA Study: Potential Relationships Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water Resources
Pseudo-Science: The Flawed 2004 EPA Study of Hydraulic Fracturing
Pending Federal Legislation
Federal Policy