New Mexico county first in nation to ban fracking to safeguard water
New Mexico county first in nation to ban fracking to safeguard water In acting to protect their water supply, the 5,000 residents of poor, conservative Mora County make it the first in the U.S. to ban fracking -- hydraulic fracturing for oil. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fracking-ban-20130529,0,3018204,full.story By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times May 28, 2013, 7:36 p.m. OCATE, N.M. — Sitting in the tidy living room of the home they built themselves, Sandra and Roger Alcon inventory what they see as the bounty of their lives: freedom, family, community, land, animals … and water.