Former Vice President Joe Biden says he would not support a state or nationwide ban on current fracking. He does, however, say that he would not allow any new fracking to begin. ClimateTownHall
Story highlightsThe use of hydraulic fracturing to open underground natural gas formations has a low risk of triggering earthquakes, experts reported Friday, but some scientists say the debate is far from over."Fracking," as the process is commonly known, involves injecting a mixture of water and chemicals deep into the Earth. The pressure causes shale rock formations to fracture, and natural gas is released. The fluid is extracted, and the natural gas is mined through the well.
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2011: Mark Ruffalo fights 'fracking' 08:06John Armbruster of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, who's been studying seismic events and fracking in the Youngstown area for months, said Friday that it's"virtually certain" that an injection of fracking wastewater caused the New Year's Eve tremor.
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