Wyoming Residents Frustrated With State’s Fracking-Funded Water Contamination Investigation

Pavillion, WY resident Louis Meeks’ well water contains methane gas, hydrocarbons, lead and copper, according to the EPA’s test results. When he drilled a new water well, it also showed contaminants. The drilling company Encana is supplying Meeks with drinking water. Photo credit: Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica

Funding from the fracking firm that could be culpable leads environmentalists to question the investigation’s independence…

[source: http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/16/wyoming-fracking-water-contamination-investigation/]


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