Pa. environment agency debunks anti-fracking water pollution claim




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Summary: The latest attempt to tie fracking to water pollution in northern Pennsylvania has been debunked by state regulators. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Monday announced that, after a 16-month investigation, there's no evidence to connect natural gas drilling with high levels of methane found in private water supplies in the small town of Franklin Forks.