News Leader: Fracking separates fossil fuels from rock more than a mile underground. The drilling technique, a boon for the natural gas industry this past decade, also divides environmentalists. Greens, locally and globally, are losing sight of their common ground due to this controversial extraction practice.
Last week, The News Leader ran two front-page stories about hydraulic fracturing. The technique involves the injection of water, sand and chemicals into subterranean shale via horizontal drilling, which...