In light of an increasing number of studies showing that fracking produces toxic emissions that have serious human health impacts throughout the entire process, Pennsylvania Congressman Matt Cartwright , a first-term Democrat, has opened an investigation into how toxic wastes from fracking are regulated. What’s at stake. Fracking has grown at a rapid rate in Pennsylvania, and operators are increasingly eying the state’s public parks and forests while sit atop a major shale play. Photo credit: EcoFlight What’s at stake. Fracking has grown at a rapid rate in Pennsylvania, and operators are increasingly eying the state’s public parks and forests while sit atop a major shale play. Photo credit: EcoFlight “Preliminary reports indicate there are big gaps in protections and oversight that the federal government might have to fill,” Cartwright told Inside Climate News . Fracking is […]