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December 06, 2013

Tracking fracking pollution
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Dec 06, 2013
As a result of the fracking revolution, North America has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer of oil and gas. This, despite endless protests from environmentalists. But does drilling for natural gas really cause pollution levels to skyrocket? A team of geochemistry researchers affiliated with Concordia University, l'Universite du Quebec a Montreal, l'Institut national de la recherche scientifique, and the GEOTOP research group has just completed the first detailed study to exami ... read more

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