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January 2010

Vol. 15, No. 3 Week of January 17, 2010

Greening of Oil: Deep shale gas drilling uses least amount of water

Water protection council comparison shows nuclear, conventional oil next in line

BY KAY CASHMAN FOR GREENING OF OIL

In a country craving domestic sources of clean energy one would think Americans would welcome abundant supplies of newly discovered natural gas from shale. For the most part they do.

But the process of extracting natural gas from shale has prompted concerns from the people living in areas where this unconventional gas production is planned, or already happening.

One of their concerns is the large amount of fresh water required by shale production; water that is largely lost from fresh water supplies.






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