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"oil produced from shale will allow the U.S. to un-hook from the spigot of oil supplied from global hot spots... But this bounty does not come without costs. In the case of gas and oil from shale there has been a great deal of attention devoted to the environmental down-side associated with the process of retrieving these energy resources, known as hydraulic fracture stimulation (“fracking”)."
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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