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Fracking growth outpacing scientific knowledge in Canada: Report
2014-05-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tyee: One of Canada's premier scientific bodies has issued a critical report on the state of hydraulic fracturing in the nation, saying the industry has outpaced credible baseline data, scientific knowledge and necessary monitoring. Moreover, threats to groundwater are real and immediate due to stray gases migrating along leaky and abandoned wellbores, natural fractures in rock, and permeable faults, it found. "These pathways may allow for migration of gases and possibly saline fluids over long time...
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