Jim Inhofe: “I know this, because in 1948, it started in my State of Oklahoma, that…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2011

I know this, because in 1948, it started in my State of Oklahoma, that there has not been a case, a documented case of groundwater contamination using hydraulic fracturing.

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Jim Inhofe

Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe defends hydraulic fracturing, citing its long history without documented groundwater contamination.

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