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On the recordApril 11, 2011
Why isn't it helpful to simply know what is being used as the frack fluid so that you don't have to investigate where diesel is being used because the company would have reported it already since it is being injected into public land, basically?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Questioning the transparency of frack fluid usage.

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