Who Pays the Cost of Fracking?

Fracking operations pose a staggering array of threats to our environment and health – contaminating drinking water, harming the health of nearby residents, marring forests and landscapes, and contributing to global warming. Many of these damages from drilling have significant “dollars and cents” costs. To the extent that this dirty drilling is allowed to
continue, policymakers must require, among other things, that the oil and gas industry provide up front financial assurance commensurate with the potential for damage.