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Oil & Gas Discussions Must be Based on
Science
Sensible regulation and responsible production co-exists across Texas
and can co-exist everywhere to keep our communities safe and our
economy strong.
1,500-foot setback requirements amount to a de facto ban; people
who oppose oil and gas development have said so publicly. Research
confirms that 600-foot setbacks protect public health.
Communities should base decisions about oil and natural gas activity
on sound science, not discredited research. A study that has been cited
in College Station recently, about higher risk of cancer within a half
mile of a well, has been discredited and decommissioned because the
authors used flawed methodology and inflated their findings
dramatically.
Properly conducted research shows that natural gas activity doesn't
result in air exposures that would pose health concerns.
The former administrator of the EPA herself said she was not aware of
any instance when fracking contaminated groundwater.
Be an advocate for sensible r