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USGS backs fraccing

AS THE Northern Territory ponders whether to keep its fraccing moratorium, the US Geological Survey has added to a flood of recent peer-reviewed studies showing the practice does not pose a significant threat to drinking water.

USGS backs fraccing

The most recent was a Duke University study funded by industry opponents Natural Resources Defense Council which found fraccing "has not contaminated groundwater in north-western West Virginia".   ...

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