The natural gas industry sees hopeful signs in a new poll that finds more New Yorkers now support hydrofracking.
A Quinnipiac University survey also finds upstaters, who live where the gas drilling process would occur, back fracking in greater numbers.
The Quinnipiac poll finds that by a narrow four point margin, New Yorkers surveyed believe that the economic benefits of natural gas drilling, including job creation, outweigh the potential harmful environmental effects. Quinnipiac’s Mickey Carroll says opinion is still somewhat evenly divided.