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Californias Thirst Shapes Debate Over Fracking
2014-05-14 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Enemies of fracking have a new argument: drought. Fracking a single oil well in California last year took 87 percent of the water consumed in a year by a family of four, according to the Western States Petroleum Association, an industry lobbying group. That amount a modest one by national standards, argues the oil industry has become an increasingly delicate topic since a drought was officially declared early this year in the state. The drought, combined with a recent set of powerful earthquakes,...
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