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Wisconsin debates fracking as sand mining for drilling booms

2014-04-18 18:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CBS: In Wisconsin, residents are having an emotional debate over fracking. The state is rich in a special kind of sand used in that controversial gas drilling technique, and mining companies are lining up to get to it. That means jobs, and lots of them. But some residents fear the sand mining boom is ruining their farmland -- not to mention their health. Dean Reynolds reports.

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