Since 2008, ProPublica has reported about hundreds of cases of water contamination in more than six states where
drilling and fracking are taking place as well as the difficulties of
handling the vast quantities of
waste the
drilling processes produce.
In the push for quick deployment, and quick profits, we have cut corners in many areas (think deep sea
drilling, fracking, interstate transit systems,
waste handling, tar sands, the threat of [coronal mass ejections] to our electronic and power systems... this could go on...).