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"Down the Drain Goes Public's Right to Know about Fracking" [1]

"What landed in the Tyee's inbox was entirely in keeping with the government's handling of a contentious proposal by a natural gas company to divert large quantities of water out of Williston Reservoir. When word leaked that the government had approved the diversion scheme, a rather strange statement was issued that began by noting that the provincial Cabinet minister in charge was unavailable."

Ben Parfitt reports for The Tyee August 22, 2011.
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Source: The Tyee [2], 08/23/2011
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/down-drain-goes-publics-right-know-about-fracking [2] http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/08/22/Public-Knowledge-of-Fracking/ [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81