EcoWatch: The recent boom in hydrofracking for natural gas and oil has resulted in a little-reported side boom--a sand-rush in western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota, where we just happen to have the nation`s richest, most accessible supply of the high-quality silica sand required for fracking operations. Unfortunately, most of that silica sand lies beneath our beautiful wooded hills and fertile farmland, and within agricultural and residential communities, all of which are now being ripped apart...
URL: http://ecowatch.org/2012/mining-companies-invade-wisconsin-for-frac-sand/
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