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    Fracking in the United States began in 1949. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), by 2013 at least two million oil and gas wells in the US had...
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    Environmental impact of fracking in the United States has been an issue of public concern, and includes the contamination of ground and surface water...
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    technique involving the fracturing of formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the high-pressure injection of "fracking fluid" (primarily...
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    The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including...
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    had not fully accepted the Green New Deal. Biden did not plan to ban fracking but rather to outlaw new fracking on federal land. In a debate, Trump claimed...
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    Energy in the United States is obtained from a diverse portfolio of sources, although the majority came from fossil fuels in 2021, as 36% of the nation's...
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    Fracking in the United Kingdom started in the late 1970s with fracturing of the conventional and gas fields near the North Sea. It was used in about 200 British...
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    stopping fracking for the year, leaving the job incomplete. Four out of Canada's 10 provinces currently have province-wide bans on fracking: the provinces...
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    added to a fracking fluid which may vary in composition depending on the type of fracturing used, and can be gel, foam or slickwater–based. In addition...
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    were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who was the 45th president of the United States from 2017...
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    development in the United States was enabled through government support. The history of shale gas fracking in the United States was punctuated by the successive...
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    health. Water and air pollution are the biggest risks to human health from fracking. Research has determined that fracking negatively affects human health...
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    the New England market during peak demand periods, especially in the winter. Energy in the United States Fracking in the United States Petroleum in the...
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  • The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. With the...
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    place in the Pittsburgh area, although the setting is upstate New York. Fossil fuels Fracking in the United States Natural gas in the United States Petroleum...
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    releases highlight the environmental impacts of coal and the cost of addressing them with control technologies. The use of fracking in natural gas exploration...
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    Frick and Frack were a comedic ice skating duo of Swiss skaters who went to the United States in 1937 and joined the original Ice Follies show. "Frick"...
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    predictable. Energy portal Source rock Petroleum trap Fracking in the United States Environmental impact of fracking Coalbed methane Methane clathrate (gas hydrate)...
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    Sean Lennon (category Anti-fracking movement)
    fracking industry." On August 30, 2012, Ono Lennon unveiled "Artists Against Fracking", a campaign aimed at preventing the expansion of fracking in the...
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  • Events in the year 2014 in the United States. President: Barack Obama (D-Illinois) Vice President: Joe Biden (D-Delaware) Chief Justice: John Roberts...
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    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off...
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  • from the nearby wells. In all of Kern County, in which Shafter is located, a staggering ten school districts sit within one mile of fracking wells. The situation...
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    Artists Against Fracking, a group that opposes fracking in the Marcellus shale. Split Estate (2009) Gasland (2010) Gasland: Part II (2013) The Sky Is Pink...
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    company was valued at US$2.8 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. In 2019 Wright drank fracking fluid to demonstrate that it was not dangerous,...
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    countries in 2008 for the cost of imported oil.[citation needed] However, significantly since 2008, increased domestic output (e.g., fracking of shale...
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  • disparities among different racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Different outcomes in mental and physical health exist between all U.S. Census-recognized...
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    be possible without fracking technology. Fracking has revitalized legacy oilfields. "Hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells in unconventional shale...
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  • outlawing a carbon tax, and stopping all fracking regulations. Donald Trump, the former President of the United States, has said that "climate change is a...
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  • Confessore, Nicholas (10 October 2015). "From Fracking to Finance, a Torrent of Campaign Cash – Top Donors List". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 March 2016...
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    Liberty Energy (category Energy companies of the United States)
    company. In 2020, Schlumberger sold their fracking division to Liberty. In 2023, they bought Siren Energy. "Liberty Energy sees oilfield fracking activity...
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