Fracking is currently prohibited in France and Bulgaria, while US state Vermont has also approved an outright ban.

BBC: UK

When she asked me to move us to Vermont to be closer to her family, we moved to Vermont to be closer to her family.

NEWYORKER: Swimming

Senator PATRICK LEAHY (Democrat, Vermont): Both of us say the most important thing is to pray, and we will be praying.

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And the last thing that the residents here of Paterson or the residents of Vermont or the residents of upstate New York need is Washington politics getting in the way of us making sure that we are doing what we can to help communities that have been badly affected.

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Others worry not so much about the effect on the rest of the US of Vermexit (as it has become known) but about the effect on the citizens of Vermont itself.

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