Fracking

Ronald Bailey on the Top 5 Lies About Fracking

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Fracking
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Gasland Part II, the sequel to director/activist Josh Fox's earlier anti-fracking docudrama Gasland, will run on HBO next Monday. It appears to have rounded up the usual corporate villains and appealing victims of profit-hungry capitalist skullduggery. Does fracking cause houses to explode, poison wells, pollute the air, cause cancer, and make global warming worse? Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey investigates.