AP: EPA abandons plan to link Wyoming pollution to fracking

That is what the Associated Press is teasing now. Unfortunately as I type this, that is about all it is saying. Here’s the news from their website, en toto: “CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — EPA abandons plan to confirm hydraulic fracturing is linked to Wyoming groundwater pollution.”

Here’s some background: About 18 months ago the Environmental Protection Agency released a report that found that chemicals used in “fracking,” a natural gas extraction process, may have polluted local aquifers near Pavillion, Wyo. It was potentially the first real evidence to back up environmentalist claims was a danger to groundwater.