"Fracking"

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is in the news again. This practice, designed to extract natural gas by injecting water and often unregulated chemicals deep into the ground, is increasingly implicated in creating toxic pollutions in wells. Fracking not only impacts trout, but the people who live around trout. Very few states regulate this practice, thus giving natural gas interests a free pass when it comes to the environment. I have a feeling we'll look back on this practice and ask "what the hell were we thinking?"

See NY Times article here:  Fracking