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The HCN Wire Our Editor's picks from around the West: Lessons From Oil Industry May Help Address Groundwater Crisis; More Oversight Sought for Hydraulic Fracturing - NYTimes.com; California's higher-ed debacle -- LA Times; The Halliburton Loophole - NYTimes.com; More

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