SCRANTON, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s top-ranking environmental official suggests New York could stop buying natural gas produced in the Keystone State if its legislators are so concerned about the environmental consequences.

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ALBANY — While environmental groups celebrated passage of a gas-drilling moratorium in the state Senate, an industry group said it needlessly delays work already held up for two years during an environmental review.

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Legislation that would put a moratorium on a controversial means of drilling for natural gas in New York has stalled, an inertia environmentalists say may be the result of millions in lobbying.

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ALBANY — New York environmental regulators say they’ll require closer scrutiny of plans to drill for natural gas in the New York City and Syracuse watershed regions that rely on unfiltered surface sources for drinking water.

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