Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 The Serious Risks of Fracking Outweigh Its Benefits: Natural Resources Defense Council 11
2 Hydraulic Fracturing Can Be Done Responsibly: ExxonMobil 19
3 Hydraulic Fracturing Should Be Banned: Food & Water Watch 22
4 Fracking Contaminates Drinking Water Abrahm Lustgarten Nick Kusnetz 27
5 Fracking Pollutes the Air with Hazardous Chemicals Jim Polson Jim Efstathiou 33
6 Fracking Causes Seismic Instability and Earthquakes Dusty Horwitt Alex Formuzis 37
7 The Truth About Fracking Kevin D. Williamson 41
8 Americans Favor Stricter Regulations for Fracking Jim Efstathiou 57
9 States Are the Proper Regulators of Natural Gas Drilling Michael L. Krancer 62
10 The Chemicals Used for Fracking Should Be Fully Disclosed Lisa Song 68
11 The Drilling Industry Defends Keeping Fracking Chemicals Secret Mark Jaffe 76
12 New Waterless Method Could Reduce Pollution Associated with Fracking Brian Nearing Anthony Brino 81
Organizations to Contact 90
Bibliography 95
Index 101