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How State Regulations Hold Us back and What Other Countries are doing about Fracking

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While it might be tempting to welcome an industry that often creates a temporary economic spike, the costs of mitigating the environmental damage from fracking far out-weighs the profit gained.
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Ohio Secret Fracking Chemicals Report

Ohio’s Secret Fracking Chemicals

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The Mountaineer State: Where Politics, a Fossil Fuel Legacy, and Fracking Converge

Introduction The Mountaineer State is one of the most stunningly…
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The Underlying Politics and Unconventional Well Fundamentals of an Appalachian Storage Hub

FracTracker is closely mapping and following the petrochemical…
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Permitting New Oil and Gas Wells Under the Newsom Administration

California regulators halt well permitting after Consumer Watchdog…
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Urban Drilling in Los Angeles

Impact of a 2,500′ Oil and Gas Well Setback in California

Why does California need setbacks? A new bill proposed by California…
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