ALBANY — About 2,000 opponents of a natural-gas drilling process that involves blasting chemical-laden water deep into the ground rallied outside New York’s Capitol on Monday as a new statewide poll showed a slight increase among voters who are against ...

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ALBANY — A gas drilling company has filed a notice of appeal in its attempt to overturn a western New York town’s moratorium on natural gas development. Lenape Resources had sued the Livingston County town of Avon, claiming its moratorium ...

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At the Rochester City Council meeting Tuesday evening, the council unanimously passed legislation proposed by Councilmember Loretta C. Scott, chair of the Jobs, Parks and Public Works Committee, to prohibit natural gas exploration and extraction within the city for one ...

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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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MIAMI — Three weeks before the election, anger over tainted home foreclosure documents is bursting into the battle for control of Congress, especially in hard-hit states such as Nevada and Florida. Democrats in tight races in the worst housing markets ...

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WASHINGTON — The top federal offshore oil drilling regulator is telling the presidential oil spill commission that the temporary halt to deepwater drilling will remain in place for a few more months.

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Contractors working on 23 construction projects statewide, including three in Monroe County, are not proceeding with work or are refusing to buy new materials until the state ends its moratorium on paying for capital projects ...

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