ANNAPOLIS-It will likely be months before Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley decides the fate of fracking in the Free State, but opponents of the natural-gas extraction process aim to keep the issue in the spotlight.
Environment Maryland, a non-profit environmental conservation organization, has issued a report which outlines the potential side effects that fracking could produce, including contaminated water, reproductive issues and air pollution problems.
Some members of the General Assembly share these concerns, including Delegate Shane Robinson, D-Montgomery.
A member of the House Environmental Matters Committee, Robinson said among the top environmental concerns associated with fracking is the emission of methane, which is more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide.
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PUCK THEM...I am getting tired of paying for Obama's Muslim buddies high gas prices...
Look at the states that are allowed to do this--people get jobs, make more money, unemployment goes down...it has been proved that there is little to no impact on the environment...but the libs just don't want self-sufficiency.
Fracking is not safe for the environment from everything I have read on the subject and I have to wonder if that is the reasons that areas that have never had earthquakes or shaking are now experiencing shifts in the earth. Wish we knew more so that we could make an educated selection. I think that as in most things related to big business the public is only give what they want you to know and by the time the information leaks out years later the damage is already done.
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