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Pennsylvania fracking pollution
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Fracking resumes in Dimock, Pennsylvania, after a decade-long ban

After a 12 year hiatus, a major natural gas company is set to resume drilling and fracking in a rural Pennsylvania community that once held the dubious distinction of having flammable tap water.

— Michael Rubinkam reports for The Independent.

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Drilling under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' town has been banned since 2010. It's coming back.

One of Pennsylvania’s leading natural gas companies is poised to drill and frack in the rural community where it was banned for a dozen years for polluting the water supply.

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