Natural gas production in Wyoming and a few others states gets a top-to-bottom look in a new report from the National Wildlife Federation – which verifies that natural gas is part of the nation’s energy future, but one that needs some guidance to protect air, water, public health and wildlife. Neil Thagard with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership has hunted on most public lands in Wyoming, and says there’s no doubt that the boom of natural gas production, especially through fracking, is taking a toll…
**The Wyoming experience is mentioned in the report, which calls for federal oversight as well as state oversight. The E-P-A recently confirmed that compounds used in fracking have contaminated water supplies in Pavillion.**
Thagard says the key is to find ways to make natural gas extraction productive, but not destructive.
The oil and gas industry argues that fracking is safe, since the water is usually injected miles underground, well below any water sources.
**The Wyoming experience is mentioned in the report, which calls for federal oversight as well as state oversight. The E-P-A recently confirmed that compounds used in fracking have contaminated water supplies in Pavillion.**
Thagard says the key is to find ways to make natural gas extraction productive, but not destructive.
The oil and gas industry argues that fracking is safe, since the water is usually injected miles underground, well below any water sources.
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