The Colorado School of Public Health has issued a new study concluding that air emissions from hydraulic fracturing operations "may contribute to acute and chronic health problems for those living near natural gas drilling sites." (Emphasis is ours.) (Press Release). But before you believe everything you hear, be sure to pay attention to the follow-up analysis: "[I]f you look past the ominous headlines that the study launch generated and examine the range of strange assumptions that form the basis for the report, the conclusions are not only rendered fairly predictable, but also unquestionably flawed." (Energy-in-Depth) (noting both the inflated drilling and completion times used in the study and the out-of-date regulatory program relied upon).
