New study shows no evidence of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing

Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 16:00 in Earth & Climate

Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas has no direct connection to reports of groundwater contamination, based on evidence reviewed in a study released Thursday by the Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin.

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