Opinion

Safe oil and gas nothing to complain about; fracking no contaminant

RBC I Geologists at the University of Cincinnati just wrapped up a three-year investigation of hydraulic fracturing and its impact on local water supplies. The result? There’s no evidence—zero, zilch, nada—that fracking contaminates drinking water. Researchers hoped to keep these findings secret.

Why would a public research university boasting a top-100 geology program deliberately hide its work?
Because, as lead researcher Amy Townsend-Small explained, “Our funders, the groups that had given us funding in the…