Fracking fight won in Delaware River water basin.... for now

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If you know anything about "fracking", it's a way of drilling, sort of, for energy sources, that hurts the water. According to Wikepedia, "Hydraulic fracturing is the propagation of fractures in a rock layer caused by the presence of a pressurized fluid. Hydraulic fractures may form naturally, as in the case of veins or dikes, or may be man-made in order to release petroleum, natural gas, coal seam gas, or other substances for extraction, where the technique is often called fracking[a] or hydrofracing.[1] This type of fracturing, known colloquially as a frack job (or frac job),[2][3] is done from a wellbore drilled into reservoir rock formations. The energy from the injection of a highly-pressurized fluid, such as water, creates new channels in the rock which can increase the extraction rates and ultimate recovery of fossil fuels. The fracture width is typically maintained after the injection by introducing a proppant into the injected fluid. Proppant is a material, such as grains of sand, ceramic, or other particulates, that prevent the fractures from closing when the injection is stopped." The problem with Fracking is that they cannot control what happens to the water. I would rather have safe drinking water and pay more for energy costs. Of course, if they worked harder, they can, and do know how to create energy, in a safer way, but it's not cost-effective and profitable, which angers me. It's all about money, as usual. My cousin's, best friend, Debra Winger and ‘Gasland’ director Josh Fox on the anti-hydrofracking victory in the Delaware River Basin can be seen in this link: http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/debra-winger-gasland-director-josh-fox-antihydrofracking-victory-delaware So, right now, we have a reprieve, thanks to people who protested, wrote letters, emails, etc. Yes, our voices can be heard! Now it's up to our president.