hydrofracking

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• Hydrofracking entails serious risks as well as minor risks.

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• I applaud her effort to give equal space to comments from people both in favor of and opposed to a moratorium on hydrofracking.

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• We may not be experts or understand the whole business of hydrofracking, but we do understand the dangers of it.

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• In response to the title question, the former Shell exec said that hydrofracking is not a bridge, but "a highway to the future."

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• Most of the suspensions are related to hydrofracking operations for natural gas drilling, but there are also some golf courses affected.

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• Many believe that hydrofracking may be the reason behind the explosions in Michigan and Indianapolis, as well as higher radiation levels.

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• Governor Cuomo's proposal will create two New Yorks: one where hundreds of thousands of us will have to live with the dangers of hydrofracking, and the other New York that is protected.

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• Many have voiced their support for proposed restrictions on hydrofracking-related activities as the town of Perinton takes its next steps to enact them into law.

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• A large gas infrastructure is being laid throughout New York State, including new pipelines, compressor stations, and gas-fired power plants, although approval for "hydrofracking" is still yet to be determined.

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• The process of hydrofracking involves injecting high-pressure water to create fractures in underground rock.

Synonyms

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fracking

vshydrofracking

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48 4.8

A method of getting oil or gas by forcing liquid into rock to make cracks

is specific to using high-pressure water rather than other liquids

How Invasive

hydrofracking

• Specialized

2 7.7

injection

47 3.4

drilling

170 3.3

groundwater pump

• Specialized

3.9

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