Fracking Nightmare - Episode 6. Chicago fracking hearing: Anti-fracking groups turn to Chicago for support. November 29, 2013|By Julie Wernau, Chicago Tribune reporter Hundreds of miles from the shale oil of southern Illinois, nearly 300 people jammed into a hearing room in Chicago this week in an attempt to turn the tide against horizontal hydraulic fracturing.
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