hydrofracking

Recently-released documents suggest the Cuomo administration was aware of a Tioga County propane fracking proposal when it acted to restrict high-volume hydraulic fracturing. Walter Hang, president of Ithaca-based Toxics Targeting, said he sought documents from the Department of Environmental Conservation regarding an application filed for the town of Barton project...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is being asked to approve a form of fracking in Tioga County that is different than the high-volume hydraulic fracture drilling that is banned in New York State.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has officially banned hydrofracking in New York State.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Business groups are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to lift New York's fracking ban after the Environmental Protection Agency reported the technology hasn't caused widespread harm to drinking water, but the Cuomo administration says the ban will stay.

A final review by New York State environmental regulators says fracking has the potential to be just too dangerous to be allowed in the state.

A Brackney woman expects she'll be sent to jail as she continues to demonstrate her opposition to fracking for natural gas in Pennsylvania.

The Conklin Town Supervisor says he wasn’t really serious when he said the Southern Tier of New York should secede and become part of Pennsylvania after an indefinite ban on high-volume hydraulic fracture drilling for natural gas in New York was declared in December.

New York State is moving toward banning fracking.  Do you agree or disagree with the move?

Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi says he's pleased the Cuomo administration has rejected hydrofracking in New York State for the foreseeable future, until more data on its possible health and environmental effects can be collected.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas-drilling technique.