Natural Gas – Unnatural Water:
The Legacy of Fracking

Written in the spring of 2012, this paper is a “thought piece” and exposé on a controversial gas drilling process called “fracking”.  This is a complex and still timely topic, especially with the related FRAC Act waiting to be debated in the House of Representatives.  It may well be that this legislation, introduced in 2009 and again in 2011, will never reach the floor due to lobbying efforts and politics. [UPDATE: as of the date of this post, the status of this bill has not changed]Continue Reading …