In a nutshell, the EPA reports efforts by the natural gas industry to cut down on methane leaks are surprisingly more successful than many thought...
...yet, what's more concerning to me is the humongous amounts of water required to facilitate fracking.
Here in the southwest desert region of Texas, drought is continuing almost unabated...
...last week I spoke with a Department of Agriculture agent who told me that he attended a meeting with a climatologist who claims that this region is experiencing a 20-25 year cyclical drought period - and we're only 6 years into it.
I'm thinking that with all the largesse coming into the State's coffers from booming oil and natural gas revenues, legislators best be working on a plan to create, develop, and streamline pipeline capability to get Gulf of Mexico water to the frackers...
...instead of continuing to use precious ground water itself.
I'd also think that the Gulf's salt would be another aid to the fracking process itself...
