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February 22, 2012

Will the Real Fracking Science Please Stand Up!

Michael Lynch, US News & World Report


AP

To continue the discussion on risk in the petroleum industry, the rather heated debate over the safety of hydraulic fracturing of shale has seen moratoriums imposed, regulations proposed, and regulators imposed on. Fears that the mix of chemicals used have contaminated ground water and that natural gas (methane) has leaked into families' and communities' water Read Full Article ››


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