The Last Word(s) on Fracking

12.2.11: Hundreds of people crowded an auditorium in Lower Manhattan this past Wednesday to voice their  opinions on a plan to use hydraulic fracturing in order to extract natural gas in New York State.

An overwhelmingly anti-fracking crowd, that was at times raucous and rowdy, spoke urgently before the Deputy Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, in the fourth and final public hearing before the DEP’s report on hydraulic fracturing goes to the Governor’s office for review.

Producer Ben Pomeroy visited the hearing to gather some of the perspectives and stories from the front line of the fracking battle.

The public comment period through writing continues until January 11th.

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