New Yorkers Split On Fracking

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Scott Detrow is a congressional correspondent for NPR. He also co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Detrow joined NPR in 2015 to cover the presidential election. He focused on the Republican side of the 2016 race, spending time on the campaign trail with Donald Trump, and also reported on the election's technology and data angles.

Detrow worked as a statehouse reporter for member stations WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and KQED in San Francisco, California. He has also covered energy policy for NPR's StateImpact project, where his reports on Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom won a DuPont-Columbia and national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013.

October 27, 2011 | 11:52 AM

Checking in on New York – people there are split on natural gas drilling, as state officials debate hydraulic fracturing regulations. From the Daily News:

And Round Three of today’s Quinnipiac Poll: New York State voters are divided on drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale — 44% back drilling for its economic benefits, while 43% are opposed because of fear for the environment.
“When it comes to natural gas drilling, some New Yorkers have been thinking green as in trees and some think green as in dollar bills,” Quinnipiac’s Mickey Carroll said. “Modest support for drilling in our first poll in August has given way to an evenly divided public opinion on what promises to be a hotly-debated issue. There is agreement on the arguments from both sides: Will it help the economy? Yes. Will it endanger the environment? Yes.”
The August survey found 47% support for hydrofracking in the Marcellus Shale, which ebbed to 45% in September.