Environmental groups say the White House is siding with the natural gas industry over its own Environmental Protection Agency following a report this week from the EPA’s internal watchdog about an investigation of potential groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

EPA’s inspector general said the agency was within bounds when it withdrew an emergency order protecting residents from contaminated drinking water in Parker County, Texas, but said that “issues remain,” noting that the “overall risk faced by current and future area residents has not been determined.”