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Prosecutors Eye Pa.'s Fracking Boom
On this West Virginia Morning, residents in West Virginia and surrounding states living near fracking sites, pipelines and other oil and gas infrastructure have complained about impacts like pollution for years. Now, prosecutors in Pennsylvania have launched criminal probes into the state’s fracking boom. For State Impact Pennsylvania, the Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier looks ahead to where these investigations might go.
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