New Drilling Technology Presents Environmental Risk

Hydraulic Fracturing can contaminate water suppliesStamford, CT – March 3, 2011 – In recent years the new process of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, has seem poised to transform the natural gas industry.  Allowing natural gas production companies to tap into huge gas reserves by releasing natural gas molecules trapped in shale, fracking has been seen as a potential answer to America’s energy problems and freedom from dependence on the Middle East.  However, it now appears any independence may come at a very serious price. In a New York Times investigative piece published this