A new report, commissioned by the federal conservatives, states that “publicly-available science on shale gas extraction [is] woefully inadequate [with] a long list of potential negative environmental effects — of which water contamination is the most worrisome”. If the federal government is saying this, then there really are serious issues with the future of fracking.
The landmark report, commissioned by Environment Canada, has found water contamination to be the greatest threat posed by the shale gas extraction method known as fracking.
“Most experts agree that impacts on water raise the greatest environmental concern by shale gas development,” says the report’s executive summary, a copy of which was obtained by iPolitics Wednesday.
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/05/01/frackings-greatest-risk-is-water-contamination-leaked-report/