Fracking
Section 3: Water What-Ifs
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The next section of DENR’s fracking study takes a look at the effect on water supply – both the amount of water needed and the potential for groundwater pollution.
Fracking
Section 2 Continued – Getting to the Gas
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Thursday we looked at the first part of section two with lots of scientific absolutes. Today it’s time to bring the human factor in and turn absolutes into something, well, whatever the human equivalent of absolute is. Uncertain.
Fracking
Section 2 – Finding the Gas
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Laura continues her breakdown of the DENR fracking study. This time she examines part of Section 2, which gets a bit uncertain in some areas.
Books
Let’s Get Local: Tasty Beverage Co.
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Raleigh’s very own Tasty Beverage Co. is mentioned in Erik Lars Meyers’ recent book North Carolina Craft Beer and Breweries as one of Meyers’ “must-visit places for any fan of beer.”
Books
Let Them Drink Beer: North Carolina Craft Beer and Breweries
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And let Erik Lars Myers make sure they are well informed about it.
Fracking
Section 1 — Potential Oil and Gas resources
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Blogging our way through the DENR fracking study.
Fracking
Fracking Words
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A glossary for fracking terminology as we blog our way through the DENR fracking report.
Fracking
What do you know about fracking, anyway? (Or, why I want to spend the month of April inside on my computer)
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At 444 pages, the North Carolina Oil and Gas Study is an extensive document. During the month of April, Laura White will be tackling this entire document, conducting interviews with experts and breaking it down section by section so you can be as informed as possible. Today, Laura explains the motivation behind this difficult task.
Environment
Qualifiers and Caution in Fracking Study
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DENR finds fracking viable only after further preparation.
Environment
Some Question Reliability of State’s $100K Fracking Study
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Experts question the state’s ability to properly gauge environmental impact of fracking with only a $100,000 budget and recommend further evaluation.
