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Fracking Tests Ties Between California ‘Oil and Ag’ Interests
Scattered on either side of Shafter Avenue just north of the town center here, new oil pump jacks, some bobbing and others thrusting, tower above this corner of California’s prime farmland.
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Fracking: How risky for us?
California is believed to have more than 15 billion barrels of oil locked within the rocks under the Central Valley that might be used to feed the nation's energy hunger — if oil companies can free it with hydraulic fracturing.
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New Mexico county first in nation to ban fracking to safeguard water
Sitting in the tidy living room of the home they built themselves, Sandra and Roger Alcon inventory what they see as the bounty of their lives: freedom, family, community, land, animals … and water.
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New Fracking Rules Proposed for U.S. Land
The Obama administration on Thursday issued a new set of proposed rules governing hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public lands, moving further to address industry concerns about the costs and reporting burdens of federal regulation.
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Liquefied Natural Gas Export Plans Stir Debate, Raise Environmental Concerns
A domestic natural gas boom already has lowered U.S. energy prices while stoking fears of environmental disaster.
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