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Frackalachia and the Great Fracking Jobs Myth

Frackalachia and the Great Fracking Jobs Myth

Update: 2021-03-12

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When a report makes oil and gas companies—and the politicians they help elect—this mad, you know the author is on to something. Researcher Sean O'Leary, with the Ohio River Valley Institute, joins us to talk about his new report, which found that the local economic benefit of fracking to communities in the Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia gas corridor was slim to none.

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Frackalachia and the Great Fracking Jobs Myth

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