After years of study and research, the Environmental Protection Agency finally released its comprehensive report on hydraulic fracturing and drinking water. It found no evidence linking fracking with “widespread, systemic” water contamination.

It’s likely that some of the regulators at the EPA hated to admit that fracking deserves an environmental stamp of approval. During the past few years, they have done virtually everything in their power to find groundwater contamination and blame it on fracking. Their goal: Justify new federal regulations that can be imposed on top of state fracking regulations.