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The Sound of Ideas - Scientist: No Need to Fear Fracking
 
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A Case Western Reserve University science professor says fracking isn't as bad as some think when you compare it to other forms of energy development. Fracking shale to extract gases uses less water, for example, than making solar panels and disrupts less land than a wind farm. Also, the EPA just said fracking hasn't harmed groundwater. Environmentalists disagree.

Guests:

Beverly Z. Saylor, associate prof. of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology, Case Western Reserve University

Melanie Houston, director of water policy and environmental health, Ohio Environmental Council

Jonathan Strong, board member, Coalition to Reroute Nexus
June 10, 2015