Opposition to fracking rises to 51% from 40% in 2015
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Opposition to the practice of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” has increased significantly in the past year as environmental concerns, such as earthquakes, have grown, even though the procedure has helped keep oil prices low.
Both fracking and nuclear are insanely destructive to health and the environment … so it is good news that the public has turned against them.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say they prefer emphasizing alternative energy, rather than gas and oil production, as the solution to the nation’s energy problems.
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