The Costs of Fracking
The Costs of Fracking vMN.pdf - Environment Minnesota
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Acknowledgments<br />
Environment Minnesota Research & Policy Center sincerely thanks Emily Wurth <strong>of</strong><br />
Food and Water Watch, Martin Levin <strong>of</strong> Stern Shapiro Weissberg & Garin, and Jonathan<br />
Shefftz <strong>of</strong> JShefftz Consulting for their review <strong>of</strong> drafts <strong>of</strong> this document, as well as<br />
their insights and suggestions. Thanks also to Erika Staaf <strong>of</strong> PennEnvironment Research<br />
& Policy Center and Luke Metzger <strong>of</strong> Environment Texas Research & Policy Center for<br />
their perspectives and contributions.<br />
Environment Minnesota Research & Policy Center thanks the Colcom Foundation for<br />
making this report possible.<br />
<strong>The</strong> authors bear responsibility for any factual errors. <strong>The</strong> recommendations are those <strong>of</strong><br />
Environment Minnesota Research & Policy Center. <strong>The</strong> views expressed in this report<br />
are those <strong>of</strong> the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views <strong>of</strong> our funders or those<br />
who provided review.<br />
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Layout: Harriet Eckstein Design<br />
Photo Credits: Main cover photo: Robert Donnan; Photos used on inset <strong>of</strong> cover, as icons and in infographics: Boy<br />
drinking water, Ken Bosma, flickr, Creative Commons; Construction Roadwork, Doug Tone, flickr, Creative Commons;<br />
Doctor and Patient, AntoAB, cc, flickr, Creative Commons; House for Sale, David Smith, flickr, Creative<br />
Commons; <strong>Fracking</strong> from Above, Allegheny Defense Project. Note that these photos are intended to illustrate the<br />
relevant concepts, not to provide editorial content or to represent any specific activity described in the report.