ALBANY — Environmental groups opposed to natural gas drilling using high-volume hydraulic fracturing plan to make a lot of noise at the Empire State Plaza this week. They plan to form a quarter-mile-long line of sign-waving, chanting protesters along the ...

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A natural gas-drilling company may seek permission to appeal to the state Court of Appeals a lower court’s decision upholding the concept of home rule when it comes to regulating the industry. Although the Court of Appeals has to agree ...

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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 mid-level appeals court says New York municipalities can use local zoning laws to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas. The four-judge appellate division panel ruled unanimously Thursday that state mining and drilling ...

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The village of Painted Post in Steuben County will have to complete an environmental review before it can sell water to a gas company drilling for natural gas in Pennsylvania. Monroe County Supreme Court Justice Kenneth R. Fisher has ruled ...

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ALBANY — Backers of natural gas drilling and environmental advocates wrangled Thursday over whether New York’s towns have the legal right to ban oil and gas development in a fight that could ultimately be decided by the state’s highest court. ...

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ALBANY — Two environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against an upstate New York town, claiming it violated residents’ right to free speech by banning discussion of natural gas drilling at town board meetings. The town board in ...

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ALBANY — Landowners along New York’s southern border who support natural gas drilling are cheered by reports that the Cuomo administration is considering allowing hydraulic fracturing on a limited basis in towns that want it, though opponents call the idea ...

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ALBANY — New York environmental regulators are seeking $187,500 in fines against a gas-drilling company in Pennsylvania for polluting a stream in Allegany State Park. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says Tuesday it has filed an administrative complaint against ...

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BINGHAMTON — About 100 people are listening to impassioned arguments about natural gas drilling at a hearing in Binghamton, the epicenter of expected development in New York of the Marcellus Shale formation. Local officials and residents are making three-minute statements about hydraulic fracturing.

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ALBANY — New York's attorney general is suing the federal government to compel a full environmental review of proposed regulations for natural gas drilling in the Delaware River Basin.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Prodded by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, Pennsylvania said it is expanding the scope of water tests to screen for radioactive pollutants and other contaminants from the state's booming natural gas drilling industry.

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