Study: Drinking Water Contamination Linked to Fracking, Horizontal Drilling

Photo: William Avery Hudson/cc/flickrA new study is shedding more light on the environmental costs of shale gas extraction. Led by Robert B. Jackson of Duke University, the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that drinking water wells in close proximity to natural gas wells that use horizontal drilling … Continue reading Study: Drinking Water Contamination Linked to Fracking, Horizontal Drilling