Friday, April 22, 2011

Pickens Thinks New Yorkers Don’t Understand Fracking

T. Boone Pickens, who is a magnate in the oil and natural gas business, delivers a message to New Yorkers and the rest of the country about the safety of hydrofracking: don't worry. It's safe! If it's so safe then why did former VP Dick Cheney make sure that the chemicals used in the process were exempt from Clean Drinking Water Act oversight? And, Mr. Pickens, how about letting the public know exactly what chemicals are used in the fracking process. That would actually make it easier for people to test water supplies for contamination by knowing what compounds to look for...
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/pickens-thinks-new-yorkers-dont-understand-fracking/

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