Thursday, April 12

Most in U.S. still unfamiliar with hydraulic fracturing, UT survey says

More than six in 10 Americans either haven't heard of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," or say they're unfamiliar with it, according to a new online survey by latest University of Texas at Austin Energy Poll released today.

But among the 32 percent who say they're familiar with the process, used to boost production of oil and natural gas from shale and other hard-to-produce underground formations, 60 percent favor more regulation or think existing regulations need to be better enforced.

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