Tag: Hydraulic fracturing

Fracking is back: Controversial gas extraction process to resume in UK – Home News – UK – The Independent

The Government today gave the green light for “fracking” to resume across the UK – potentially allowing for gas exploration to take place across 60 per cent of the country. Drilling to look for shale gas was put on hold 18 months ago after the process, which uses high-pressure liquid to split rock and extract …

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Fracking’s most horrifying health risks – Salon.com

New York State’s Department of Health is finally assessing the dangers — but is there time to address them? By Alison Rose Levy, Alternet The good news is that a public health department— New York State’s Department of Health (DOH)— is finally undertaking an assessment of fracking’s likely health risks. The bad news is that …

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