Hard Times in a Boom Town: Pennsylvanians Describe Costs of Fracking

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By Sharon KellyDec 2, 2014, 7:00 am66 pts
If you're looking for the shale gas boom, northeastern Pennsylvania is the place to start. The Marcellus is the largest and fastest growing shale gas play in the U.S. and more than half of its 50 most productive wells were drilled in Susquehanna County in the northeast. Susquehanna and neighboring Bradford…

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