Rock Center | January 31, 2013
Fracking stirs up controversy in America
The United States has been called the Saudi Arabia of natural gas by President Barack Obama and in some of the economically hardest hit areas in this country there are signs of recovery. Across America natural gas exploration has opened the job market with tens of thousands of good paying jobs with benefits and 401ks. However to get all that gas, however, the industry uses a method known as hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” and some worry if it’s safe. Rock Center's Harry Smith reports
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