Pollsters Discuss Politics of Fracking Ban

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is getting heaped with praise by environmentalists and scorn by business interests for a planned state ban on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, even as he insists the decision wasn’t his.
Pollsters Discuss Politics of Fracking Ban
Singer Natalie Merchant leads a group of anti-fracking activists in a rendition of Pete Seeger's "This Land is Our Land" during an event at the New York State Capitol building in Albany, N.Y., on Thursday, to thank Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing. AP Photo/The Daily Gazette, Patrick Dodson
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