According to a report coming out of Washington, Ohio Rep. Bob Gibbs and other unnamed House Republicans are taking aim at the current administration's efforts to safely regulate the practice of hydraulic fracturing.
Proponents of the status quo, such as Gibbs, want to see the industry push ahead as quickly as possible, which makes sense from their point of view since that is how they rake in the dollars. They go on to cite the statistic that no documented cases of groundwater contamination have been recorded.
Environmentalists and some citizens want to see the pratice controlled until further environmental studies can be done, to insure the safety of groundwater around drilling pratice and dumping brine sites. Environmental groups say the term "documented" is pivotal in understanding the statistics cited by proponents; claiming that the reason no cases have been documented is that when gas companies settle with victims, the victim is required to sign a non-disclosure agreement and can no longer voice facts about their experiences.
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