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Wisconsin GOP Aims tLimit Mining Rules & Silence Opposition
2013-10-27 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Progressive: The frac sand mining industry faced off with dozens of Wisconsin citizens on Thursday as the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining and Revenue held a public hearing on a bill that would severely limit local governments' abilities to protect their communities against the harmful health and environmental effects of frac sand and other non-metallic mining activities. Mining for sand used to extract natural gas and oil in the hydraulic fracturing process has become a serious...
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