Sarasota News Leader
January 24, 2014
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said David Mica, executive director of the limestone 10,000 feet — or deeper — below
Florida Petroleum Association. "It is now the surface.
thought that it can work in other formations."
Hydraulic fracturing injects a cocktail of
Those formations, Mica explained to The water, sand and chemicals at high pressure
Sarasota News Leader, include Florida to blast open rock below ground to release
Florida Audubon has started a petition drive against fracking. Image courtesy Florida Audubon