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  2. Fracking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Environmental Protection Agency illustration of the water cycle of hydraulic fracturing. Fracking in the United States began in 1949. [1] According to the Department of Energy (DOE), by 2013 at least two million oil and gas wells in the US had been hydraulically fractured, and that of new wells being drilled, up to 95% are hydraulically fractured.

  3. Years after a Newsom order, California is finally set to ban ...

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    California passed a restriction 2022 but that law has been suspended pending a referendum vote in 2024. CalGEM said it will hold a virtual public hearing on the fracking rule on Tuesday, March 26 ...

  4. Fracking - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic fracturing began as an experiment in 1947, [2] and the first commercially successful application followed in 1949. As of 2012, 2.5 million "frac jobs" had been performed worldwide on oil and gas wells, over one million of those within the U.S. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Such treatment is generally necessary to achieve adequate flow rates in shale ...

  5. Gasland - Wikipedia

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    The film was a key mobilizer for the anti-fracking movement, [1] and "brought the term 'hydraulic fracturing' into the nation's living rooms" according to The New York Times. [2] Fracking is a technique that has been used routinely since the late 1940s as an aid to stimulating production in oil and gas wells. [3]

  6. Did California issue its last fracking permit? Let's hope so

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    California oil and gas regulators have begun denying permits for hydraulic fracturing citing the damage to the climate. Let's hope this is what the oil industry fears: The beginning of the end for ...

  7. Well stimulation - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic fracturing began as an experiment in 1947, [6] and the first commercially successful application followed in 1949. As of 2012, 2.5 million "frac jobs" had been performed worldwide on oil and gas wells, over one million of those within the U.S. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Such treatment is generally necessary to achieve adequate flow rates in shale ...

  8. 280m years too late: Geologists react to fracking move [Video]

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  9. My Water's On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song) - Wikipedia

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    Upon its release in 2011, the song and video received notable media attention for utilizing an unusual medium to report news and being one of the first widely received works of its kind, [1] initiating a discussion of whether or not a music video could be considered a viable form of journalism. [2] [3]