Sentences with phrase «controversial drilling technique»

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.

In the NY1 / YNN debate, Long enthusiastically supported the controversial drilling technique known as hydrofracking.

Actor and anti-fracking activist Mark Ruffalo wants the president to follow Cuomo's «courageous» lead and ban the controversial drilling technique.

Last summer Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifted the official moratorium on the controversial drilling technique, which involves shooting a high pressure mixture of water and chemicals into the shale rock deep below the Earth's surface.

The move comes after our most recent NY1 / YNN / Marist poll found that voters were split on the issue, with 32 % supporting the controversial drilling technique, and 37 % opposing it.

Such support for geothermal energy is suddenly looking more likely due to an unlikely ally: the natural gas industry, which is in the midst of a giddy boom driven by the widespread adoption of the controversial drilling technique known as fracking.

The Orange County Register advocated for expanded use of the controversial drilling technique known as fracking by citing an industry - funded study — peer - reviewed by an expert with industry ties — that concluded fracking is safe for California.

According to an article this week in the New York Times, «Drilling service companies have injected at least 32 million gallons of diesel fuel underground as part of a controversial drilling technique, a Democratic congressional investigation has found.»