Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is an essential technique in the oil and gas industry, used to extract natural gas and oil from deep underground reservoirs. Traditionally, the process has involved a ...

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After a year-long review of the data, the EPA has concluded that fracking poses a systemic danger to clean groundwater. But it's not necessarily inherent to the technology of fracking itself. Human ...