![]() In response to a national report on hydraulic fracturing that characterized shale gas fracking as an uncontrolled science experiment and called for more action on the liability of leaking wells, Coleman told the Vancouver Sun that he didn’t agree with the expert panel’s findings. Yet just four months after the report confirmed significant leakage problems in just one zone of production, then deputy premier Rich Coleman wrongly claimed that oil and gas wells in British Columbia didn’t leak methane. Leakage rates from well sites can be so prolific that they make the impact of methane drilling and fracking as dirty as mining coal in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. The 2013 commission report also admitted that the agency did not have “access to good research related to the effect of gas migration on aquifers in order to inform decision-making”- a deficit that, say critics, the commission has yet to correct. (One recent study confirmed that methane leaks from shale gas wells can travel great distances in aquifers and that regulators aren’t doing enough to monitor the risks to climate change or water.) ![]() ![]() The leaking methane can travel along fractures or faults into soils, the atmosphere or aquifers which can absorb the gas and carry the contaminated water off to other areas. Please enable JavaScript before you proceed. Your browser either doesn't support JavaScript or you have it turned off. Please consider becoming a new friend of The Tyee by signing up as a Tyee Builder today. We need more people to sign up with monthly or annual commitments to help us sustain our work and plan for the future. And we’re always looking to expand our community. Builders are special people whose contributions are powering an innovative, critically-minded news organization that swims against the current, speaks truth to power and sparks the careers of the next generation of journalists. Tyee Builders are why our pages are free of paywalls or walls of ads. Tyee Builders keep The Tyee’s independent journalism freely accessible to everyone. Often it’s in the range of the price of an afternoon treat for two friends. They support The Tyee by providing a monthly, annual or one-time donation in an amount that works for them. ![]() The Tyee is powered by a committed community of such people who we call Tyee Builders. The kind of people who step in when it counts, and who are unafraid to act on their values. It’s a diverse, courageous and feisty bunch. One of the great joys of this work is connecting with the community around The Tyee. Support critical journalism for $15 a month ![]()
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