Public Opposition To Shale Gas Fracking Rises In US
Shale gas may have transformed the natural gas industry in the United States, but the widespread use of fracking techniques to produce these unconventional reserves is increasingly becoming the object of public criticism. The record fine of $900,000 slapped on Chesapeake Energy recently by Pennsylvania regulators for contaminating drinking water in Bradford Country in the Marcellus shale has reignited the fierce debate over the practice.
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