Frackers near you could be breaking the rules — and you’d probably never know

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By Tim McDonnellApr 2, 2015, 1:09 pm61 pts
This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One of the biggest differences between fracking and other kinds of industrial development is that fracking often occurs extremely close to towns and homes. That’s because oil and gas wells take up far less space than open-pit coal mines…

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