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Politics: Report - Communities Need to Carefully Consider Oil and Gas Development (Hydrofracking)
Politics: Report - Communities Need to Carefully Consider Oil and Gas Development (Hydrofracking)
- Description
- This report outlines the economic upside of the increasing shale oil and gas development throughout the country, including increased employment, capital expenditures, and tax revenues to the states and local communities. But the report warns that fracturing companies may provide inflated estimates of the economic benefits of energy development while not mentioning the negative local impacts that some regions are experiencing.
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- Report
- Geographic Areas
- National
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- Climate Change / Energy
- Community & Economic Development
- Environment
- Environmental Health
- Website Address
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http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/energyhome/the-fracking-debate-a-policymakers-guide.aspx
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