The air is cleaner in Pennsylvania thanks to fracking, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection announced on Tuesday.

DEP released emissions data for the unconventional drilling industry, which includes shale gas drilling, also known as fracking. Pennsylvania is part of the Marcellus Shale formation, one of the country’s largest sources of natural gas.

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