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Fracking by the Numbers Key Impacts of Dirty Drilling at the State and National Level Fracking by the Numbers Key Impacts of Dirty Drilling at the State and National Level Written by: Elizabeth Ridlington Frontier Group John Rumpler Environment America Research Policy Center October 2013 Acknowledgments Environment America Research Policy Center sincerely thanks John Amos of SkyTruth, Anthony Ingraffea, Ph.D., P.E., and Kari Matsko, Director of People’s Oil Gas Collaborative-Ohio for their review of drafts of this document, as well as their insights and suggestions. Tareq Alani, Spencer Alt, Elise Sullivan and Anna Vanderspek provided valuable research assistance. Thanks also to Travis Madsen of Frontier Group for technical assistance, and Tony Dutzik and Benjamin Davis of Frontier Group for editorial help. We also are grateful to the many state agency staff who answered our numerous questions and requests for data. Many of them are listed by name in the methodology. Environment America Research Policy Center thanks the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation and the Park Foundation for making this report possible. The authors bear responsibility for any factual errors. The recommendations are those of Environment America Research Policy Center. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of our funders or those who provided review. © 2013 Environment America Research Policy Center Environment America Research Policy Center is a 501(c)(3) organization. We are dedicated to protecting our air, water and open spaces. We investigate problems, craft solutions, educate the public and decision- makers, and help the publ