Mixed feelings on this one. As a scientist, I think the water issues were totally overblown. But once the narrative starts, you can't shut it down. That said, the company was also sleazy as hell in their public comments, so maybe we dodged a bullet.
The EA is available online. There's legit concern. On top of it, they were going to add 7,700 wells - that's not a small amount of surface disturbance, no matter how you slice it. What if they go under? Cries in Albertan