Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?

Name: Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources? — Public Opinion Poll Results
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Fracking is the process of extracting oil or natural gas from shale rock. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which fractures the rock and allows the oil or gas to flow out to a well. While fracking has significantly boosted oil production, there are environmental concerns that the process is contaminating groundwater.

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Response rates from 311 European Union voters.

40% Yes	60% No
34% Yes	53% No
5% Yes, but increase oversight	4% No, more research is needed to measure the long term effects of fracking
2% Yes, but not in heavily populated areas	3% No, we should pursue more sustainable energy resources instead

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Schumer Says Harris Is Going To Be "a great environmental president."

The Harris campaign has said she no longer supports a ban on hydraulic fracking and a single-payer health system, or Medicare for all, two positions she supported in her unsuccessful 2020 bid for president.At the convention in Chicago this week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer summed up the sentiment of a party eager to put off policy discussions and focus more on defeating Trump.Minutes before he addressed climate activists, Schumer was asked whether Harris needed to provide a more detailed climate agenda in the upcoming weeks.“People should have a lot of faith. She’s going to be a great environmental president," he said.The final sprint to Election Day on Nov. 5 includes at least one televised debate against Trump in September. She is expected also to sit for one-one-one national interviews where she will be pressed for more policy details.The Harris campaign has said she no longer supports a ban on hydraulic fracking and a single-payer health system, or Medicare for all, two positions she supported in her unsuccessful 2020 bid for president.

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