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January 9, 2012

Is Rep. Ed Markey Fracktracking?

Liam Denning, Wall Street Journal

Wait, did Rep. Ed Markey really just give a shout out to hydraulic fracturing? Back in July, the ranking member of the House Natural Resources committee was warning that “fracking” — a technique for unlocking natural gas and oil held in dense rock — could “turn stretches of forest into lifeless dunes.”

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