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January 12, 2012

Separating Facts from Fiction on Fracking

Editorial, Houston Chronicle


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Threats by Iran to blockade the Straits of Hormuz and the political gridlock over the Keystone XL Pipeline construction project have put energy where it rightly belongs: front and center.

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