Communities across the country are debating whether hydraulic fracturing, which is commonly known as fracking, should be allowed.<\/p>\n
The state of New York<\/a> created a formal ban on fracking last month\u00a0banned fracking after a 7 year moratorium\u00a0on fracking. Some cities and counties have sought their own bans on\u00a0\u00a0 fracking. In 2013, Mora county in northern New Mexico became the\u00a0first county in the nation to ban this type of drilling, but the\u00a0ban was reversed earlier this year.<\/p>\n Other states have recently moved to protect hydraulic fracturing from local bans.\u00a0Oklahoma<\/a> and Texas<\/a> now has laws to\u00a0prevent counties, cities and towns from passing ordinances and local bans on fracking.<\/p>\n NMIF producer Sarah Gustavus sat down with\u00a0Anita Laran\u00a0and\u00a0John Olivas, a former Mora county commissioner, to talk about their concerns about potential fracking in the county. She also spoke with\u00a0Victoria Gutierrez and\u00a0Sarah White from\u00a0Din\u00e9 CARE<\/a>\u00a0to hear what they see right now in communities across the Navajo Nation<\/p>\n