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What Chemicals Are Going Down The Fracking Well?
ResumeFor years, the oil and gas industry has used “trade secret” claims to avoid telling the public which chemicals it uses in fracking operations. But in a major shift, the oilfield services giant Baker Hughes recently adopted a new policy: full disclosure.
The drilling companies that are clients of Baker Hughes have begun posting the information to a website called “FracFocus,” a national clearinghouse for fracking chemical disclosure.
But transparency about fracking chemicals still remains elusive. Katie Colaneri from Here & Now Contributor WHYY joins host Robin Young to explain.
Guest
- Katie Colaneri, energy and environment reporter for WHYY in Philadelphia. She tweets @KatieColaneri.
This segment aired on November 14, 2014.