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Community Impacts of Oil & Gas Development

BOOT CAMP - October 23-25, 2019, State College, Pennsylvania

SciLine’s all-expenses-paid, 2½-day workshop is designed to arm journalists—including those without deep backgrounds in science—with the knowledge and context they need to incorporate research-based evidence into stories about how oil and gas development is affecting U.S. communities.

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