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Lisa Murkowski: “So it seems to me that you're presuming that there is an impact. I guess I look at it and say, it would be more…”

On the recordMay 15, 2012
So it seems to me that you're presuming that there is an impact. I guess I look at it and say, it would be more appropriate to look at these impacts only if you do discover that there is a link between fracking and contaminated water first.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski questions the assumption of environmental impacts from fracking without evidence.

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