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Pennsylvania’s Gasland Spill

by Benjamin Preston | 4.25.2011 at 9:30am | 1 Comment

Pennsylvania well spills tens of thousands of gallons of fracking fluid into a nearby creek; Gasland director Josh Fox talks to Columbia University about renewable energy.

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Category> Energy, General Earth Institute, Water   Tags> Energy, Fracking, Gasland, Groundwater, Hydraulic Fracturing, Infrastructure, Josh Fox, New York City, North America, Pennsylvania DEP, Surface Water, Technology, water matters

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