http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/20/technology-extract-shale-taking-new-look-old-energy-source/?cmpid=cmty_email_Gigya_Technology_Is_Turning_Shale_Into_Viable_Energy_Source%2C_but_Safety_Concerns_Persist
With gasoline approaching a national average of $4 a gallon, and some areas already touching the $5 mark, Americans are feeling the pain of petrochemicals in their wallet. But a new push to exploit a long-known but unavailable resource may offer some relief. It’s shale gas – natural gas that is bound up tightly in solid rock about 5-6 thousand feet underground.
New York City’s clean water supply is currently being threatened by a method of natural gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing. Community organizations are racing to prevent the reckless endangerment of local ecosystems and communities -- the Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland and a NYTimes series are raising public awareness, even in the face of the looming expiration date of the temporary moratorium preventing fracking in the state.
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