Today’s natural gas is extremely polluting, even as it burns
cleaner than some fossil fuels. It is extracted from shale
deposits with a method called hydraulic fracturing, or
"fracking." This method mixes large amounts of toxic chemicals
and additives with large volumes of water that is "pressure
injected" into shale deposits, forcing release of the trapped
gas. Fracking contaminates above and below ground water
resources, soil and air in the vicinity. People have lost their
livelihoods, property values and health in these fracked areas.
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