Pretty soon, the North Carolina legislature will be making some pretty big decisions on if and where to allow hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the state. Here are six websites to visit to get some background info on the issue.
Here's an editorial piece about the benefits of fracking:
http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/5159158
This article describes a study which showed that the negative consequences of fracking may be exaggerated:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/20/frackings-effects-on-groundwater-may-be-overblown-study-shows/
Here's a story about a township's residents trying to prevent fracking from coming to their homes:
http://www.salemnews.net/page/content.detail/id/551189/Residents-looking-to-ban-fracking.html?nav=5007
The Bureau of Land Management is trying to make companies that frack make public what chemicals they pump into the ground:
http://www.propublica.org/article/federal-rules-to-disclose-fracking-chemicals-could-come-with-exceptions
This story talks about the government having to provide fresh water to a town that had its water suplly contaminated by fracking:
http://www.propublica.org/article/years-after-evidence-of-fracking-contamination-epa-to-supply-drinking-water
Finally, this article discusses the pros and cons of fracking in Oklahoma:
http://www.newson6.com/story/16972746/oklahoma-impact-team-is-fracking-really-putting-oklahomans-at-risk
Here's an editorial piece about the benefits of fracking:
http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/5159158
This article describes a study which showed that the negative consequences of fracking may be exaggerated:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/20/frackings-effects-on-groundwater-may-be-overblown-study-shows/
Here's a story about a township's residents trying to prevent fracking from coming to their homes:
http://www.salemnews.net/page/content.detail/id/551189/Residents-looking-to-ban-fracking.html?nav=5007
The Bureau of Land Management is trying to make companies that frack make public what chemicals they pump into the ground:
http://www.propublica.org/article/federal-rules-to-disclose-fracking-chemicals-could-come-with-exceptions
This story talks about the government having to provide fresh water to a town that had its water suplly contaminated by fracking:
http://www.propublica.org/article/years-after-evidence-of-fracking-contamination-epa-to-supply-drinking-water
Finally, this article discusses the pros and cons of fracking in Oklahoma:
http://www.newson6.com/story/16972746/oklahoma-impact-team-is-fracking-really-putting-oklahomans-at-risk
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