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January 8, 2013

Will 'Promised Land' Change Anyone's Mind?

The Energy Collective, The Energy Collective


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One thing Matt Damon and colleagues are accomplishing with the new movie “Promised Land” about hydraulic fracturing is to increase the public’s understanding — even if just a little bit — of the controversial drilling technique which flushes natural gas to the surface from shale rock formations deep underground.

But that’s about it.

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TAGGED: Fracking, natural gas, Promised Land

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