By the Rev. Jeffrey Spencer
Us radical lefty tree huggers have been saying for years that fracking is dangerous for the environment and human health. Now there's data that prove it.
"The body of evidence is growing that fracking is not only bad for the global climate, it is also dangerous for local communities.
"And affected communities are growing in number. A new report, released Thursday, details the sheer amount of water contamination, air pollution, climate impacts, and chemical use in fracking in the United States.
"'For the past decade, fracking has been a nightmare for our drinking water, our open spaces, and our climate,' Rachel Richardson, a co-author of the paper from Environment America, told ThinkProgress."
Us radical lefty tree huggers have been saying for years that fracking is dangerous for the environment and human health. Now there's data that prove it.
"The body of evidence is growing that fracking is not only bad for the global climate, it is also dangerous for local communities.
"And affected communities are growing in number. A new report, released Thursday, details the sheer amount of water contamination, air pollution, climate impacts, and chemical use in fracking in the United States.
"'For the past decade, fracking has been a nightmare for our drinking water, our open spaces, and our climate,' Rachel Richardson, a co-author of the paper from Environment America, told ThinkProgress."