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When Fracking Comes to Town, Local Residents Have Little Recourse from @NRDC's blog:

I recently traveled to western Pennsylvania to talk with people living on the frontlines of natural gas development. I met one man who brought a jug of water from his kitchen sink that was the color of rust. Another man’s water smelled so awful you couldn’t image doing your dishes in it, never mind drinking it. And yet another presented a gallon of water from his home, took out a match, and lit it on fire. Imagine seeing your tap water burst into flames. Would you serve it to your family? Because in part of inadequate attention from regulators, we don’t know exactly what contaminated these water supplies, but each of these men believes that drilling or fracking is the source of the problem. Every family I spoke with in Butler and Fayette Counties felt the same: natural gas development is threatening their water, their air, their family’s health, and their property values. ...

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