According to Polish daily Rzeczpospolita, on June 15 Lane Energy of Canada is set to begin drilling for unconventional shale gas deposits using a technique called hydraulicfracturing also known as fracing in northern Poland in the geological formation referred to as the Baltic Depression.
In this case, the Times falls far short of that standard in its discussion of the controversy over shale gas and the extraction technique known as hydraulicfracturing, or fracking.
Three proposals are currently advancing in the state Assembly to prohibit hydraulicfracturing in California until various studies can be done to definitively establish that the six decade-old gas extraction technique is 100% safe.