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Hydraulic Fracturing Banned in Vermont
May 17, 2012 | The Houston Chronicle

Although Vermont is one of the last places that might be drilled for oil or natural gas, Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill that will ban hydraulic fracturing.

At the same time a bill in the North Carolina legislature would legalize hydraulic fracturing.


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