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  Protecting America’s Waters »

  Fracking

  A lot of what I'm reading is about cleaning up the mess that we have made. I think a better idea, especially in my home state of PA is to stop pollution before it happens. I'm talking about drilling for gas. We are creating a problem that we will not be able to fix and I don't understand why the EPA is not shutting these operations down. There is certainly enough evidence to say STOP until we know the best way to ...more »

  A lot of what I'm reading is about cleaning up the mess that we have made. I think a better idea, especially in my home state of PA is to stop pollution before it happens. I'm talking about drilling for gas. We are creating a problem that we will not be able to fix and I don't understand why the EPA is not shutting these operations down. There is certainly enough evidence to say STOP until we know the best way to do this. This gas is not going anywhere.

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  Submitted by Karen Bagdes-Canning 6 months ago

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  If we have to drill for oil...use organic means to clean spills.

  In the Bakken Oil Fields, Oil companies are setting the stage by using nature to clean nature instead of using synthetic chemicals to clean up an organic matter (oil). When we look to nature for solutions to things that happen when we interrupt nature, we find the best case scenarios. The oil companies in the Bakken Oil fields should be commended for using innovative and sustainable means such as biotic soil amendments ...more »

  In the Bakken Oil Fields, Oil companies are setting the stage by using nature to clean nature instead of using synthetic chemicals to clean up an organic matter (oil). When we look to nature for solutions to things that happen when we interrupt nature, we find the best case scenarios. The oil companies in the Bakken Oil fields should be commended for using innovative and sustainable means such as biotic soil amendments to clean up spills. This should be a mandated practice for every rig in America. http://www.scribd.com/doc/86267574/PerMaMatrix-Oil-Clean-Up

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  Submitted by Sarah Probst 1 year ago

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