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France to ban fracking

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A Business Insider article. France could become the first country to ban the controversial practice that involves using ‘slick’ water, a combination of water, chemicals and mud, to fracture the rock with hairline cracks and prop open underground fissures.

http://www.businessinsider.com/france-bans-fracking-2011-5

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