Citizens stand up to fracking.

• Position: On the Line - Brief article

New York is a key battleground in the fight over fracking, the hydraulic fracturing tech! nique that spoils millions of gallons of drinking water to extract the greenhouse gas methane (popularly known as natural gas) from pockets in shale deposits. New Yorkers, young and old, have protested all over the state to ban these intensive drilling operations that 1 also contaminate our air. The accompanying...