Fracking: Monterey shale exploration draws protest

Environmental groups filed a formal protest this week with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management calling for a halt to the leasing of 2,600-acres in California's Fresno and Monterey counties for oil and gas shale exploration. They said  future drilling would likely involve high-pressure hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a new drilling method linked to water contamination in other parts of the country.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/07/fracking-monterrey-shale-bureau-of-land-and-management.html

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