as we've seen in the gulf of mexico oil and gas reserves can be a blessing and curse. bringing jobs money, give us the energy we need but also environmental rivsks. deal wig that say dichotom protesters from binghamton, new york, north of here, holding a hearing on drilling for natural gas using a method called fracking, freeing up gas reserves trapped in rock or shale deep underground. that would be a big boon to the goal of independent, ey.energy. but all stuck here in the united states. why the opposition? to practice you've got to shoot millions of gallons and water and chemicals at high pressure down into the ground and that's got so folks worry about the water table and for potential for contamination. one area resident in new york, in nnsylvia, actually, says hiwell water is practically