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'''Fracking''', which is short for hydraulic fracturing, is a process for extracting primarily [[natural gas]] and sometimes oil from underground structures.
 
'''Fracking''', which is short for hydraulic fracturing, is a process for extracting primarily [[natural gas]] and sometimes oil from underground structures.
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Fracking provides a source of electricity that is cleaner and cheaper than [[coal]].
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Fracking has brought prosperity to [[Pennsylvania]], where it is allowed, and is controversial in [[New York]] and [[New Jersey]], where it is banned by statewire moratoria and some local ordinances.<ref>[http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/19312259/article-Secaucus-bans-%E2%80%98fracking%E2%80%99-Local-officials-also-call-for-statewide-and-national-ban-?instance=special_coverage_bullets_right_column NJ city bans fracking]</ref>
 
[[Category:energy]]
 
[[Category:energy]]
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