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In California Farming Heartland, Study Finds Drilling and Fracking into Freshwater Formations
2016-06-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Oil and gas development, including hydraulic fracturing, occurs in as many as one in five underground sources of fresh water in California's farming heartland, according to a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study by Stanford scientists assessed the amount of groundwater that could be used for irrigation and drinking supplies in five counties of California's agricultural Central Valley, as well as the three coastal counties encompassing Los...
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