Michael Kiparsky

UC Berkeley Law

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Associate Director of the Wheeler Institute for Water Law and Policy at the University of California Berkeley Law School

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Hydraulic "fracking" injects highly pressurized chemical fluids underground to release oil and gas that are bound in rock.  It's an old practice made profitable by new technology, and…

Report Says California is Unprepared to Regulate Fracking

Hydraulic "fracking" injects highly pressurized chemical fluids underground to release oil and gas that are bound in rock.  It's an old practice made profitable by new technology, and…

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