Poll: New Yorkers split on fracking

As their governor weighs whether to allow fracking, New Yorkers are evenly split on whether the controversial drilling practice should be allowed in their state.
A Quinnipiac poll released Thursday shows that 43 percent support "drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale," which underlies parts of upstate New York. That fuel is accessible only by fracking — the use of water, sand and chemicals to crack underground rock and release huge quantities of gas.
But 42 percent of New Yorkers oppose the process, which has become the...