Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2012. On May 4, the Vermont House of Representatives voted 103-36 to give final passage to legislation that will make Vermont the first state in the nation to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. Fracking is a method of extracting natural gas from deep in the ground by injecting a mixture of water, sand and toxic chemicals âincluding biocidesâ under high pressure into dense rock formations such as shale, in order to crack the rock and release the gas.
