MONTPELIER, Vt. -
The governor signed a law Wednesday
that bans hydraulic fracturing in Vermont.
The gas drilling technique better
known as fracking has not been proposed here and geologist say it's unlikely
the state even has natural gas deposits. But lawmakers passed the bill anyway.
Environmentalists say fracking uses chemicals that are a
threat to underground water supplies.
Vermont is now the first state in the nation to bad the hotly debated drilling technique.
