I was reading that report. It says that it's difficult to monitor whether or not the wells are leaking fluid into the ground or releasing GHGs into the atmosphere. It also notes that between one-quarter and one-half of fluid used in fracking returns to the surface, resulting in wastewater management problems, and encourages the development of a regulatory environment.
I assume that the chair is going to give me the high sign fairly shortly. It's not a great insight to say that water flows, but this seems to be an issue that cries out for national treatment, because water flows over boundaries, doesn't respect basins, and goes wherever it wishes to go. I'd like to know at what level the federal government is taking in developing a regulatory regime for fracking.