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Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” refers to the process of injecting a mixture of materials (including water, sand, chemicals, and gases) into the ground at high pressures to extract oil and natural gas. 

Despite its widespread use, fracking is an unpredictable and often uncontainable process, and there is no regulation at either the state or federal level requiring fracking companies to fully disclose the chemicals they use.

The 2005 Energy Bill amended the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt oil and gas drillers from recording and reporting the chemicals and compounds they use in fracking fluids. This recently created “Halliburton loophole” jeopardizes human and environmental health and also threatens the safety of public drinking water.

However, thanks to Colorado Representatives. Diana DeGette and Jared Polis, there are currently two bills (H.R. 2766 and S. 1215) proposing to reverse this special treatment of oil and gas drillers. Both bills would restore the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring tracking and regulation of fracking fluids, and -- despite industry claims -- are not projected to cost the region jobs.

NOW is the time to put an end to this “Halliburton loophole” and ensure that human and environmental safety comes before protecting the dirty secrets of oil and gas drillers!

Please contact your Representative TODAY and ask her/him to support FRAC legislation and end the Halliburton loophole!