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Brett Schmidt's avatar

Erin. I respect your cause, but I believe you’ll have a hard time finding proof that fracking damages drinking water. Yes, there has been rare instances, prior to the fracking industry learning how to operate safely.

Wells being Fracked are thousands of feet deeper than common water wells. The wells are sealed to protect ground water at different depths.

The oil and gas development in our nation has been responsible for creating millions of jobs, and generated billions of dollars into our economy. Every industry had major cutbacks in 2020.

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Erin Brockovich's avatar

You don't have to take my word for it, but there's plenty of reporting happening on this issue.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oil-gas-fracking-radioactive-investigation-937389

We know fracking creates wastewater and if you think it can't get into our drinking water...almost 30 years watching this kind of pollution happen from other industries does not leave me with the same point of view.

I agree jobs are important and my hope is that we will start investing in our failing infrastructures to get more folks back to work.

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