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  • In short, high-volume, low-value tourism began to thrive, says Kant.

    Kerala: Gateway Of India 2011

  • But according to Urbina: ... the relatively new drilling method -- known as high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking -- carries significant environmental risks.

    Steven Cohen: Destroying our Drinking Water is the Wrong Way to Create Jobs Steven Cohen 2011

  • In short, high-volume, low-value tourism began to thrive, says Kant.

    Kerala: The Gateway Of India 2011

  • It will be difficult for the U.S. to compete with China at its own game -- namely, high-volume manufacturing of a commoditized product -- given the cost advantages available for Chinese manufacturing.

    The Guardian World News 2011

  • Under pressure from environmentalists and state officials, energy companies that have been drilling thousands of gas wells in the state's countryside spent part of 2010 overhauling the way they handle the chemically tainted and sometimes radioactive water that gushes from the ground after a drilling technique known as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • But the relatively new drilling method - known as high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking - carries significant environmental risks.

    NYT > Home Page By IAN URBINA 2011

  • Under pressure from environmentalists and state officials, energy companies that have been drilling thousands of gas wells in the state's countryside spent part of 2010 overhauling the way they handle the chemically tainted and sometimes radioactive water that gushes from the ground after a drilling technique known as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • At issue is a process called high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, which involves injecting millions of gallons of chemically treated water underground to break up shale formations and release

    NYT > Home Page By PETER APPLEBOME 2012

  • But the relatively new drilling method - known as high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking - carries significant environmental risks.

    NYT > Home Page By IAN URBINA 2011

  • Under pressure from environmentalists and state officials, energy companies that have been drilling thousands of gas wells in the state's countryside spent part of 2010 overhauling the way they handle the chemically tainted and sometimes radioactive water that gushes from the ground after a drilling technique known as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

    unknown title 2011

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