U.S. Geological Survey adatulutsa malipoti awiri sabata ino kutsimikizira kuti fracking kwa gasi zachilengedwe kwachititsa kuipitsidwa pansi pansi - mfundo zimene zatsutsidwa ndi makampani.
Zotsatira za USGS zikugwirizana ndi zomwe bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency lidapeza kale kuti kuipitsidwa kochokera ku fracking kudalowa pakuwunika zitsime pafupi ndi ntchito yoboola gasi ku Pavillion, Wyo., dera lakumidzi mkati mwa Wind River Indian Reservation. Zowononga zomwe zapezeka ndi methane, ethane, mankhwala a dizilo ndi phenol, neurotoxin yodziwika bwino.
Amene akubowola pa ntchito imene ikuyendera ndi Encana, kampani ya ku Canada yomwe ndi imodzi mwa makampani akuluakulu a gasi ku North America. Wothandizira wake waku US amagwira ntchito ku Colorado, Louisiana ndi Texas komanso Wyoming.
Inatulutsidwa mu December watha, EPA's lipoti lokonzekera pazitsime za Pavillion inali nthawi yoyamba yomwe boma la U.S. lidalumikizana ndi kuwononga madzi apansi panthaka.
Encana watsutsa kuti zonyansazo zimachitika mwachibadwa. Komabe, Rob Jackson, wasayansi wa zachilengedwe ku Duke University ku Durham, N.C., adanena Bloomberg News kuti kuchuluka kwa gasi wosokonekera ndikwambiri, zomwe "zikusonyeza komwe kumachokera mafuta opangira mpweya."
Zomwe zapezazi zili ndi tanthauzo lofunikira ku North Carolina, komwe owongolera akungoyamba kulemba malamulo omwe amawongolera mchitidwe wobowola. Lero bungwe la Mining and Energy Commission lakumana kuti lisankhe mpando, ndipo a Lee County Commissioner Jim Womack, wotsogolera ntchitoyo, posachedwapa anachotsa nkhawa zomwe fracking ikuyika pangozi madzi a boma, WRAL. malipoti:
"N'zotheka kugwa meteorite kuchokera kumwamba ndikukugundani pamutu kusiyana ndi momwe mungaipitsire madzi apansi ndi madzi otsekemera omwe akutuluka pansi. Sizinachitike."
Bungwe la EPA lalangiza anthu okhala m’dera la Pavillion kuti asagwiritse ntchito madzi a m’chitsime pophikira kapena kumwa.
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