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In July, California state regulators, Department of Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), shut down
eleven fracking wastewater injection wells over concerns that what
precious water the severely drought-stricken state has left is being
contaminated with toxins and carcinogens; particularly in highly
productive agricultural areas. According to its due diligence, the
agency the oil industry and Republicans hate above all others, the
Environment Protection Agency (EPA), promptly ordered a report within 60
days to determine if the oil industry did indeed poison what little
water California has left and what extent, if any, the damage might have
on the agriculture industry and drinking water supply.
This past week, with little to no mention in the
conservative media, the California State water Resources Board issued a
report to the EPA confirming
that yes, at least nine of the eleven fracking sites were deliberately
dumping poisoned waste water directly into central California aquifers.
The waste water is laden with extremely hazardous toxins and
carcinogenic chemicals used in fracking and the aquifers the industry
destroyed are protected by both state laws as well as the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act. Of course, both Republicans and the oil industry
(read Koch brothers) can not countenance either California’s
environmental protections or the Safe Drinking Water Act as evidenced by
a campaign pledge by an incumbent Republican representative, Jeff
Denham, promising an all-out federal drive to abolish California’s water
regulations permanently.
According to the damning report, over 3 billion gallons of poisoned waste-water was illegally injected directly into central California aquifers,
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