Safe Drinking Water Act

Rulings Strength NEPA Oversight of Gas Drilling Absent SDWA Rule

Kate Winston, Inside EPA
Sep 18, 2009

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Key federal courts are backing activists in suits under the National Environmental; Policy Act (NEPA) to review the impacts of natural gas drilling fluids on underground aquifers, rulings that environmentalists hope will bolster pending bills to restore EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) authority to oversee hydraulic fracturing—a controversial gas drilling procedure that requires injection of chemicals into wells.

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Deepwater drilling moratorium lifted: More oil spills to come?

Jun 24, 2010

Even after the Gulf oil spill and as the evidence that BP sidestepped safety precautions mounts, it’s alarming that decision makers continue to give the oil and gas industry unbridled liberties to drill without precaution in the public’s lands and waters.

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Is fracking safe? Flaming drinking water ought to give a clue

Apr 19, 2010

Last week I testified in front of the EPA’s Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee on their study of the Potential Relationship between Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water Resources. The Science Advisory Board was accepting public comments and testimony on the methodology of the EPA’s soon-to-be-initiated study on hydraulic fracturing.

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Cornell University Outlines Environmental and Economic Concerns With Hydraulic Fracturing

Mar 16, 2010

Last month, researchers from Cornell University held a Congressional briefing and released a set of materials that helped shed new light on the potential risks of drilling for natural gas and hydraulic fracturing.

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