![WYPR: Midday with Dan Rodricks Podcast show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/039/616/small/wypr-midday-with-dan-rodricks-podcast.gif)
Summary: Environmental reporter Rona Kobell, staff writer for the Bay Journal, returns for an update on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” for natural gas in Maryland. A Montgomery County delegate wants the state to prohibit fracking until it can be done without harming drinking water. Plus, the case of Lake Bonnie in Caroline County; it became so polluted with sewage that the owner of the land filed suit against the Maryland Department of the Environment. And, how a company called Ecotone is helping to restore forests and wetlands in Maryland.