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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Elected officials from across the state say not enough attention has been paid to the cumulative health and socio-economic impacts of high volume hydraulic fracturing, and so they are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to keep a statewide moratorium in place ...

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ALBANY — An unreleased state report leaked to media outlets says the Department of Environmental Conservation’s regulatory plan for gas drillers describes potential health impacts from fracking along with specific safety measures and it makes a separate health impact study ...

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ALBANY — A new poll shows more New Yorkers support “hydrofracking” than oppose it, with support more common in downstate regions. A Siena College poll of registered voters found 42 percent support hydrofracking, which involves injecting a well with millions ...

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Penfield will be the latest town to consider a temporary ban on hydraulic fracturing, as the Town Board tonight is expected to vote on a one-year moratorium. Town officials are concerned about the truck traffic drilling could bring to town ...

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The hillside vineyards of New York’s Finger Lakes region make money producing fine Rieslings and inviting tourists to sip white wine by the water’s edge. Now winery owners are worried about the prospect of a grittier kind of economic development: ...

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ALBANY — A state judge invalidated Binghamton’s two-year moratorium on natural gas drilling, marking the first time a local law that would ban or delay hydraulic fracturing in New York has been struck down.   State Supreme Court Justice Ferris ...

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Laws that would broaden fracking — the controversial drilling practice that uses a mix of chemicals and water at high pressure to release natural gas deep under the surface — are facing environmental challenges in court. In one recent development, ...

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PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania regulators aren’t inspecting tens of thousands of oil and gas wells even once a year, a new report says. But state officials say they’re inspecting most new wells in the Marcellus Shale region, which is the right ...

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ALBANY — An environmental group is suing the Cuomo administration over public records pertaining to the state’s communications with energy industry interests hoping to drill for shale gas in New York using the controversial method known as fracking. The Washington, ...

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ALBANY — With a decision expected soon on whether to allow hydraulic fracturing in New York state, natural gas pipeline operators are already looking at setting up shop and opponents are predicting environmental damage, safety problems and land seizures through ...

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ALBANY — Opponents of shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing gathered in Albany on Monday to keep up the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he prepares to decide whether to allow the practice after four years of studying its ...

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