We are happy to discover some good news about fracking: New Your State has banned CO2 fracking. There’s grumbling about lost economic opportunity, but keep in mind that all of the long-term costs are deferred and externalized. So it’s “other people’s money” that must deal with the health effects, the pollution, and the long chain of expenses related to climate change. The economic opportunity is an illusion cultivated by the energy lobby.
Unfortunately, Pennsylvania has not awakened to the realities. Taxpayers subsidize fracking in so many hidden ways. Fracking does nothing good for locals or the planet.
