Speaking to a group of Pennsylvania residents this week, a Sierra Club representative stated that the process of hydraulic fracturing is not responsible for contaminating water in the Marcellus Shale region, but rather the "product of fracking" (presumably, the waste water) left after the process is completed. The product of fracking that has leaked from containment ponds or run off drill pads in storm water has the source of most of the contaminants in the Marcellus region, according to Deborah Nardone, national director of the Sierra Club’s Natural Gas Reform Campaign. She added that spills from transporting waste water, overflow, fuel spills and storm-water drainage are other culprits. Read more...
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