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Clean Water vs. Cheap Energy: Can We Have Both?

by Benjamin Preston | 5.9.2011 at 9:30am | 1 Comment

The social fabric of a water quality debate: Anti-fracking protesters converge on Albany… again. A battle of wills between advocates of clean water and cheap energy ensues.

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Category> Economics, Energy, Water   Tags> Albany, Chesapeake Energy, Energy, Groundwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, New York City, New York State, North America, Surface Water, Sustainable Development, water matters

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