Cross-posted at Eclectablog.com.
Last night, Rachel Maddow had actor Mark Ruffalo on last night to talk about fracking in New York and Pennsylvania. By now, you've surely seen the scene from "Gasland" where the guy lights his tap water on fire. This is due to fracking wells that pump chemicals and water into the bedrock shale to fracture it and release the natural gas. As Maddow points out, the fracking is done several thousands of feet below where the aquifer is which, apparently, leads to ignitable tap water.
According to Ruffalo, the Delaware River Commission is getting ready to put upwards of 30,000 wells in there.
Meanwhile, the "Energy Citizens" group, an astroturf group promoting status quo for clean energy sent me a very interesting email recently.
More after the jump.
continued at Daily Kos....
