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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SAYS

Frack Ban May Embolden

Other States To Follow Suit

NGLogo560x430-cb1343821768While two dozen U.S. municipalities and at least two countries, Bulgaria and France, have also adopted bans, states have been slower to act. Fracking opponents say New York, which surprised them Wednesday with the boldest move of any state so far, will change that.

“It definitely has a national political impact … It really has a domino effect,” says Deb Nardone, director of the Sierra Club’s Keeping Dirty Fuels in the Ground initiative. READ MORE…

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