Fracking
Section 5.3 — The Costs of Fracking
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In this section of the fracking report, DENR outlines some of the costs and payments associated with fracking, including what states such as North Carolina tax for the practice.
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Section 5.2: Money talks
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Of course fracking will boost the economic situation in North Carolina and that means jobs. But as Laura explains in today’s FrackFocus post, those jobs won’t be around forever.
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Section 4, Part One: Chemical questions
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What’s in your water? As Laura continues to break down the DENR report on fracking, she finds some interesting facts about chemicals and groundwater.
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Section 3 continued: Water, water, everywhere, but who will regulate?
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One thing unclear if fracking were to move forward: who would keep track of all that water use?
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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.
