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Can fracking power Europe?

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Several countries hope to unleash vast natural-gas reserves through fracking, but drilling attempts have been disappointing.

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  1. Mason Inman is a reporter in Oakland, California. Travel for this article was supported by the European Geosciences Union's Science Journalism Fellowship.,

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Inman, M. Can fracking power Europe?. Nature 531, 22–24 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/531022a

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