90.7 Charlotte 93.7 Southern Pines 90.3 Hickory 106.1 Laurinburg

Battle Lines Drawn After Texas Town Bans Fracking

Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio

Residents of Denton, Texas, voted Tuesday to ban hydraulic fracturing in their city. It's the first time a city in the state — where energy is king — has voted to ban fracking. State officials have already filed lawsuits to try and overturn the ban.

Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email