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CNNMoney: Fracking blowback spooks energy industry

Posted Mon, 2011/03/21 - 11:03am by RCAP

Original posting of this article

HOUSTON (CNNMoney) -- The oil and gas industry is reeling from attacks on what it considers one of its most important technologies -- fracking.

Protests across New York State have temporarily banned the practice. Unfavorable coverage in the media and a scathing documentary film that was nominated this year for an Oscar also seem to have scared the industry.

Society of Environmental Journalists: Oil fracking poses similar concerns as gas fracking

Posted Mon, 2011/03/07 - 11:13am by RCAP

March 2, 2011

The technique called hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) that is increasingly being used to extract natural gas is drawing widespread attention, concern, and media coverage across the country. Next up: oil fracking.