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Lawmakers should oppose hydrofracking

Dominion Resources, Inc. is a massive natural gas company whose largest asset, Dominion Virginia Power, supplies millions of people in Virginia, North Carolina and neighboring states with power. But at what cost is this power supplied?

Fracking is a hot topic among many East coast residents and with good reason: it is extremely unsafe.

Experts have proven fracking to be one of the most dangerous ways to provide people with energy because of the procedural techniques used to release methane gas from the underground shale deposits beneath many areas of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.