Duke Conference on Fraking

Fraking Diagram - source:

As a follow up on my last post about dangers of fraking in North Carolina, Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke is hosting a conference on the subject this Monday, January 9, from 8:00 until 3:00 p.m. The conference is open to the public. The agenda includes overview of the groundbreaking study by Duke scientists of drinking water in Pennsylvania and is sure to include a spirited discussion of economics benefits and dangers of frakings in North Carolina. As a reminder, there are an estimates 1,400 square miles of shale rock in the state that are believed to hold decades of natural gas supplies, and most are located in an around the Triangle (including Chatham and Durham countries).