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Fracking harms environment, planet’s climate
Posted by Ventura County Star: Kassie Siegel on November 25th, 2012
Ventura County Star: Re: David Quast's Nov. 18 guest column, "The case for hydraulic fracturing":
A tidal wave is about to sweep over our state. Oil companies are snapping up thousands of acres across central and Southern California. Armed with dangerous new techniques, the petroleum industry aims to exploit a vast reservoir of previously inaccessible shale oil -- and the consequences for our air, water and public health could be devastating.
This oil will be extracted using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as...