Rossina Schroeer-Santiago, a Green Valley Ranch resident, said she worried that fracking could affect quality of life in her neighborhood during a news conference on Tuesday in front of the City and County Building. Activists pushed for a moratorium on fracking in Denver. (Jon Murray, The Denver Post)
Re: “Don’t allow fracking in Denver,” Feb. 8 guest commentary.
I was surprised to find so much hyperbole in a serious newspaper. It reminded me of the hype and anti-science hysteria surrounding vaccines thatap been in the news lately. The column rattled off study after unidentified study, each making more fantastical claims than the first. If the idea was to scare people, it probably succeeded. But it was missing science.
Fracking has been done safely in Colorado for decades, and the Environmental Protection Agency has never found fracking fluid in underground drinking water. Those are facts.
The oil and gas industry, like any industry, is not perfect, but it operates under some of the most stringent regulations in the country. Still, it contributes $29 billion to our state’s economy each year and more than 100,000 good-paying jobs.
The facts — and science — are on the side of industry. Leave the scare tactics to the anti-vaxxers.
Peter T. Moore,Denver
The writer is board chairman for Vital for Colorado, a coalition of business and economic development groups.
This letter was published in the Feb. 15 edition.
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