Debbie Wasserman Schultz on fracking in debate with Tim Canova

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106. Now for some facts

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got involved, issuing an emergency order against Range Resources, but then reversed course and dropped the action after the company protested. Range Resources maintained that the methane came from natural seeps far below the bedrock, and couldn’t be connected to their well. By then, the Lipsky’s had lost their case in court and Range Resources had launched a defamation suit against the couple to the tune of $4.2 million, in a case that is ongoing. Earlier this year the Railroad Commission of Texas, which is responsible for oil and gas drilling regulation in the state, determined that evidence was “insufficient” to place blame on the nearby drilling site. “Further investigation is not planned at this time,” the report concluded.

Assuming that researchers have accurately developed a method of determining when methane seepage comes from fracking rather than natural seepage, they have found just eight locations in Pennsylvania and one in Texas that seem to indicate that fracking caused natural gas seepage into drinking water. Meanwhile there about 420,000 gas wells drilled last year. Everyone's water should be burning. Seems to me that when the problem occurs, people should be compensated. We don't ban cars because some people get into accidents, we deal with those situations legally.

Meanwhile most burning water is caused by natural gas seepage, not fracking. Petroleum products and natural gas have been seeping to the surface of the earth for eons. The first oil well in this country, in Pennsylvania, was drilled at the site of a natural petroleum seepage. Edwin Drake drilled the first commercial well and stuck oil at debth of 69.5 feet. Pennsylvania is famous for natural natural gas and petroleum seepages.

If you want to read about that for petroleum and natural gas seepage, check this link:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_seep