Poll finds Pennsylvania, New York at odds on fracking

[hrmjustin]

Shane Thielges | Shale Plays Media
Residents of Pennsylvania and New York differ greatly in their views on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a new public opinion poll has found.

StateImpact reports that, according to poll results, 54 percent of Pennsylvanians support “the development of shale gas” while only 29 percent of New Yorkers felt the same. The survey was a joint effort by the University of Michigan, the University of Montreal and Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College.

The results are, perhaps, not surprising. Pennsylvania is the most prolific natural gas state in the Marcellus shale, making it the highest-producing state of the highest-producing play in the highest-producing country in the world. New York, meanwhile, has effectively banned hydraulic fracturing within the state since 2008, pending state review of the practice’s health effects that officials say are still ongoing.

http://bakken.com/news/id/220831/poll-finds-pennsylvania-new-york-odds-fracking/

[femmocrat]

1. Or New Yorkers are just plain smarter.

I can't believe how people here rush to sign those contracts without even reading them.

[hrmjustin]

2. I am glad we have strong opposition but I don't trust Cuomo to keep it banned.