On one section of the reservation, people must boil drinking water because chemicals, possibly the result of the oil and natural gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, have contaminated the water supply. And fearing that the chemicals might explode in a home, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered residents to run fans and otherwise ensure ventilation while bathing or washing clothes.It's from places like Wind River that our political arguments look shallow and stupid. For example, there's currently a lot of silliness being thrown around purporting to show how safe fracking is for the rest of us. In Wind River, the EPA makes poor people run fans in their homes so the laundry doesn't explode.
Charlie Pierce
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