Breakfast Briefing: What You Need To Know About Fracking For Natural Gas

Energy producers extract natural gas by drilling wells into targeted rock formation, then filling the wellbores with pressurized fluid.  As the surrounding rock cracks under pressure, natural gas is released at an increased rate and collected for further refinement.  This process, known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is not conducted without potential danger to water and air quality.  In a number of documented cases “fracking fluid” used for gas extraction has contaminated groundwater and forced uncollected gas and chemical onto the earth’s surface.  Fracking also produces industrial waste that must be disposed of with care.  While there is no ban on fracking in the state of New Jersey, Gov. Christie recently proposed a one-year moratorium on the practice.  Please join us as we invite an expert on fracking, to tell us more about this controversial extraction technique and the impact it might have on all New Jersey residents. Speaker to be announced.