New York just became the first state with sizable shale gas reserves in the United States to ban fracking. In a press conference on Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York cited health and safety reasons as influencing his decision to ban fracking – the much-debated process of extracting shale gas from deep within the earth. Many worry that the practice could contaminate air and water, posing “inestimable” health risks.
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