Authors of UK Fracking Study Dismayed that Fracking is Safe

A group of UK researchers/professors have just published a new study on fracking and traffic-related environmental impacts from it. The study is titled "Investigating the traffic-related environmental impacts of hydraulic-fracturing (fracking) operations" (full copy below) and appears in the journal Environment International. The authors conclude that heavy truck traffic from fracking operations has a negligible impact on the environment. Here's the funny part: the authors aren't all that happy with their own findings. But to their credit, the researchers don't screw with the data and attempt to hide or change their findings--as some hucksters do from American universities like Duke and Cornell...

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