Oil industry raves about EPA fracking study; environmentalists call it suspect

FrackingBy Samantha Ehlinger | McClatchy Washington Bureau

Oil industry supporters rejoiced Thursday when a newly released draft of an Environmental Protection Agency report found no evidence that hydraulic fracturing does widespread damage to drinking water.

Oil industry advocates said the assessment finally confirmed that fracking is safe.

But environmental groups, which have long fought fracking techniques for allegedly damaging natural resources in pursuit of the fossil fuels that are producing global warming, claim the report’s preliminary conclusions are suspect.

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