EPA Extends Fracking Risk Study Until November, Adding To GOP Concerns

摘要

EPA is extending until November its congressionally directed study of the risks to drinking water posed by hydraulic fracturing, putting the effort on a similar track as a related agency inquiry into alleged tracking contamination in Wyoming though the extension may raise doubts over whether EPA can finish the broad study in 2014 as planned. The extension is likely to add to existing concerns from Republican lawmakers and industry officials who are concerned that the slow pace of EPA studies on fracking's risks is leaving industry vulnerable to public allegations that the practice is not safe.