Government
Mar. 5, 2014
Drought adds twist to fracking debate
While critics have long argued that fracking risks contaminating groundwater, they are hoping the drought will bring attention to how much water fracking consumes and sway more people to their side.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
As state officials grapple with new fracking regulations that took effect in January, environmentalists are continuing to push for a moratorium on the controversial practice. And while opponents have a litany of concerns over the harms fracking could pose to the environment, they are seizing on the state's drought to argue that it is an unacceptable use of the state's water supply. An effort to halt frac...
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