马克·布朗斯坦认为,我们需要强硬的法规,还要提高对公众的透明度。利用流体压迫地下岩石层并释放出天然气的水压裂过程可以安全地进行吗?当我的朋友读到把页岩气生产和水污染事故联系在一起的故事时,经常会问我这个问题。尽管经常有人指责压裂会污染地下水,然而研究表明,污染实际上可能来自于有缺陷的钻井建设和设计以及不合理的废水排放 Mark Bronstein believes that we need tough laws and regulations, but also to improve the transparency of the public. Is it safe to use a fluid to squeeze underground rock layers and release natural gas? When my friend reads stories that link shale gas production to water pollution incidents, I often ask this question. Although there are frequent accusations that fracturing can pollute groundwater, studies have shown that pollution can actually come from flawed drilling construction and design and from unreasonable wastewater discharge