ALBANY — While opponents of fracking are pleased at a report that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will wait for a Pennsylvania health study before deciding whether to allow drilling, landowners are preparing to sue New York over lost gas-leasing opportunities and ...

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ALBANY — Opponents of shale gas drilling that involves blasting chemical-laden water deep into the ground are asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top campaign contributors to pressure him to ban the practice in the state. New York Residents Against Drilling and ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A dozen earthquakes in northeastern Ohio were almost certainly induced by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth, state regulators said Friday as they announced a series of tough new rules for drillers. Among the new regulations: ...

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ALBANY — With New York poised to begin public hearings on proposed gas drilling rules, the industry says the regulations would be so restrictive that drillers would avoid the state, while environmental groups call the rules too lax. The state ...

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ITHACA — A Cornell University economist says the community effects of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas are already apparent in New York’s Southern Tier, even though gas development has been on hold in the region for three years.

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PITTSBURGH — A U.S. Department of Energy hearing on fracking in Pennsylvania is expected to draw numerous supporters and protesters of the practice Monday night. Members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board will be at the meeting ...

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SCRANTON, Pa. — A natural gas industry group is offering an all-expenses paid trip to pro-drilling landowners in the Northeast's Marcellus Shale to get them to attend a public meeting by the U.S. Department of Energy on the issue of hydraulic fracturing, a newspaper reported Friday.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is calling for a comprehensive federal analysis of Marcellus Shale drilling in the six bay watershed states. The foundation announced Monday that it has filed a petition ...

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WHEELING, W.Va. — A Norwegian company partnering with Chesapeake Energy says it could drill as many as 17,000 natural gas wells in the Marcellus shale field over the next 20 years.

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ALBANY (AP) — Environmental groups and energy companies both claimed victory after Gov. David Paterson ordered a seven-month moratorium on some natural gas drilling in the state, although environmentalists would have preferred the broader ban that the Legislature had approved.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Petroleum services giant Halliburton Co. said Monday it has begun publicly disclosing the identity of chemicals in solutions it makes to be pumped into the ground by Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry.

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WEST TRENTON, N.J. — The agency that oversees water quality and quantity in the Delaware River basin says it needs more time to work on regulations for the natural gas drilling industry.

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