According to ICTV's Newswatch 16 broadcast last Tuesday, Syracuse is set to become the third city in the state of New York to ban fracking. This was reported on November 1, 2011.
The news broke on Democracy Now on November 4, 2011. Incidentally, this is not a complaint for Democracy Now, but rather a plug- nay, a bragging right- for our student news station.
Democracy Now provides insight into the controversy behind banning fracking in Syracuse. While some of the more conservative regions are staunchly in favor of drilling, liberal areas are striving to preserve natural resources and ban fracking. Amy Goodman confronts the issue head on, by explaining with ease the 2 opposing arguments against hydrofracking. As someone who works with these stories regularly in the news, I found this incredibly informative because Goodman provided definitive arguments for either side.
In true independent media spirit, Goodman throws it over to the live local music, who fashions a song about fracking for the audience. Find the write-up and live broadcast here.
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