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California needs to bolster regulation of fracking, report says
2013-04-12 21:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: California needs to strengthen regulation of hydraulic fracturing, according to a UC Berkeley Law School report that identified a number of shortcomings in state oversight of the controversial practice. Although not new to California, fracking has come under increasing scrutiny recently as states such as Pennsylvania and New York experience a boom in the technique, which involves the high-pressure injection of chemical-laced fluids into the ground to crack rock formations and extract oil and gas....
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