Research & Commentary: Peer-Reviewed Study of Fracking in Ohio Is Latest to Show No Groundwater Contamination

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May 16, 2018

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Media Highlight

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The Heartland Institute

"This study from Resources for the Future finds 82 percent of communities in the five largest shale regions in the United States experienced a net fiscal benefit from hydraulic fracturing despite there having been a large drop in oil and natural gas commodity prices starting in 2014."

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