from Food and Water Watch: why more communities need to ban fracking (250 have done it so far). Many links to other sources here as well: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/
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according to The Alliance Review, a local newspaper here in NE Ohio, the gas/oil industry has paid out 2.2 billion to landowners in Ohio so far during this shale boom. Sssshhhhhh . . . some interesting data is showing up in Utah and Colorado about the leakage of methane from gas fields. I didn't know this, but methane is a much more powerful a greenhouse gas than even CO2. You can read more here from Think Progress.
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according to The Alliance Review, a local newspaper here in NE Ohio, the gas/oil industry has paid out 2.2 billion to landowners in Ohio so far during this shale boom. Sssshhhhhh . . . some interesting data is showing up in Utah and Colorado about the leakage of methane from gas fields. I didn't know this, but methane is a much more powerful a greenhouse gas than even CO2. You can read more here from Think Progress.
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