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Chesapeake Energy Suspends Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania

HeadlineApr 22, 2011

Chesapeake Energy has suspended hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking,” at its natural gas wells in Pennsylvania after a large spill earlier this week. Thousands of gallons of toxic drilling fluid used in hydraulic fracturing spilled into a Pennsylvania waterway Tuesday night after a blowout at a natural gas well.

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