CNN Money reports that the EPA sounds an alarm on "fracking" in Wyoming. What is fracking? It's a a controversial method of extracting natural gas from the ground. The Environmental Protection Agency said this week that chemicals from "fracking" have polluted groundwater in Wyoming.
The article reads... "The findings represent the first time in the heated debate over fracking that the agency has drawn such a connection, which has long been claimed by environmental activists.
In a statement released on Thursday, the EPA said a study had found that groundwater in an aquifer around Pavillion, Wyoming, contained 'compounds likely associated with gas production practices, including hydraulic fracturing.'"
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