Michael Kiparsky

Report says California is unprepared to regulate fracking

Michael Kiparsky interviewed by KCRW, April 17, 2013

“Our report focused on risks to water. The key risks are for contaminations of underground sources of drinking water, which occurs—or which might occur—because many oil wells drill directly through aquifers on their way to the oil or gas reserves below. Another risk is from surface spills and from operations near the rigs on the surface.”