Is fracking a threat to us all? NYC speaks out

4 Apr, 2010 06:36 / Updated 14 years ago

Natural gas industry officials and environmentalists in the US are at loggerheads over the safety of a controversial drilling technique.

Some groups claim that “fracking”, which involves injecting millions of gallons of water and chemicals deep underground to force out gas, threatens supplies of drinking water.

Lori “The Resident” Harfenist finds out if people on the streets of New York think it is just a lot of hot air.