NY Q&A: Would You Lease Your Land for Fracking?

The Epoch Times asked New Yorkers: “If you owned a farm would you lease your farmland for fracking if you were in debt?”
NY Q&A: Would You Lease Your Land for Fracking?
Corinne Novella Amal Chen/The Epoch Times
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NEW YORK–Hydrofracking, also known as fracking, is the controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale and has become a hot topic in New York. While some people decry the dangers to the state’s drinking water others have seen it as a good source of energy and a revenue generator for the state. The Epoch Times asked New Yorkers: “If you owned a farm would you lease your farmland for fracking if you were in debt?”

Marc Anderson, New York Resident for 34 Years, Currently in Harlem, Publishing Company Manager

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