EPA fracking report drops claim of no evidence of ‘widespread, systemic impact’ on drinking water

‘Both the fracking industry and environmentalists are spinning the Environmental Protection Agency’s findings in a finalized report on hydraulic fracturing and drinking water. The EPA ditched a key sentence from their previous draft on the subject.
Appropriating $29 million for the effort, Congress ordered the EPA to study the effects of fracking on drinking wells in 2010, and after five years of research, the agency released nearly 1,300 pages marked with inconclusive data on Tuesday.
In June 2015, the EPA produced a draft of the fracking report, stating they “did not find evidence that these mechanisms have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.” That one sentence was hailed by the oil and gas industry, while anti-fracking activists called it a political move by the Obama administration.’
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