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Inside Scoop: Speakers say fracking rules not good enough (videos)

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Inside Scoop: Speakers say fracking rules not good enough (videos)

• By Amanda Lehmert and Danielle Battaglia/News & Record
• Aug 25, 2014
• Aug 25, 2014
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Marianne Mueller and Rosalyn Fielding, of Yadkin and Davie Against Fracking, attend a public meeting where residents spoke out about fracking in North Carolina. Photo taken at Rockingham County High School in Wentworth, N.C. on Monday, August 25, 2014. 

• H. SCOTT HOFFMANN/News & Record

• Amanda Lehmert/News & Record

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By Amanda Lehmert and Danielle Battaglia/News & Record

Updated: 11:15 p.m.

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