"Fracking", a Way to Extract Natural Gas, Stirs Debate

5 The well head on a gas well is often called the “Christmas Tree.” (Photo: Bob Donnan)

6 Beverly Romanetti thinks of the gas lease on her Pennsylvania farm as a “cash crop.” (Rosanne Skirble/VOA)

$An aerial view of June Chappel’s property where the fracturing waste pond has since been removed. (Photo: Bob Donnan)$

7 An aerial view of June Chappel’s property where the fracturing waste pond has since been removed. (Photo: Bob Donnan)

8 June Chappel says she was terrorized by the gas wells flaring next to her home. (Photo: Bob Donnan)

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