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What is Fracking? [ANIMATION]

4 by Timothy Hurst on December 20, 2011

After a week that saw one U.S. state approve tough new fracking rules and the EPA publish findings that fracking contaminated groundwater in another, the controversial process used to increase yields in oil and gas wells called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is back in the public eye. But exactly what is fracking? If you have an idea of what fracking is but could use more detail and a mental picture, look no further than this straightforward animated explainer by Chesapeake Energy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mv-Wl5cgg

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Timothy Hurst is the editor at Ecopolitology and Earth & Industry as well as the executive editor of the LiveOAK Media Network. He writes mostly about energy and environmental politics, clean tech, infrastructure and green business. When not reading, writing, or talking about environmental politics to anyone who will listen, Tim likes to ski, hike with his aging lab and get dirty in his Colorado veggie garden. Find .

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