There's the economic reality: Coal plants have shuttered in recent years as utilities favor cheaper, natural gas extracted from shale - rich places such as Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia using the controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing. (fortune.com)
In the NY1 / YNN debate, Long enthusiastically supported the controversial drilling technique known as hydrofracking. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Actor and anti-fracking activist Mark Ruffalo wants the president to follow Cuomo's «courageous» lead and ban the controversial drilling technique. (nystateofpolitics.com)