Fracking boom depletes, pollutes US water supplies

The Ecologist
Jun 20, 2014, 6:02 am21 pts
The US's 'dash to frack' for oil or gas, which has transformed the country's energy market, is seriously depleting and contaminating aquifers and surface water supplies, writes Valerie Brown. The choice facing America is plain - energy, or water?

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