Although Vermont is one of the last places that might be drilled for oil or natural gas, Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill that will ban hydraulic fracturing.
At the same time a bill [1] in the North Carolina legislature would legalize hydraulic fracturing.
[1] http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/17/2068152/fracking-bill-advances-in-nc-legislature.html
More at The Houston Chronicle.
North Carolina [1], a state without a long history of natural gas production, is now a center of debate on the topic of hydraulic fracturing [2].
[1] http://geology.com/articles/north-carolina-natural-gas/
[2] http://geology.com/articles/hydraulic-fracturing/
An article in The Fayetteville Observer explores the topic of natural gas in North Carolina. Rock units in the Dan River Basin and Deep River Basin of central North Carolina are potential candidates for natural gas production using drilling methods such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
