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Sierra Club Calls for Crackdown on “Fracking” in Kansas

By Bryan Thompson
Published February 24, 2015 at 8:07 AM CST
Schematic depiction of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas, showing potential environmental effects. (image by http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mikenorton via Wikipedia, under Creative Commons 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
Schematic depiction of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas, showing potential environmental effects. (image by http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mikenorton via Wikipedia, under Creative Commons 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)

The Sierra Club is calling on Kansas lawmakers to protect Kansans from earthquakes and pollution linked to fracking. Bryan Thompson has more.

 
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Bryan Thompson
Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.
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