Fracking

VESTAL, N.Y. (AP) — Big energy companies have been trying for five years to tap the riches of the Marcellus Shale in southern New York. They promise thousands of jobs, economic salvation and an abundant, clean-burning source of fuel.

The State Appellate Division, 3rd Department has turned aside an appeal from Norse Energy Corp., challenging the town of Dryden’s use of its zoning laws to ban fracking.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has been holding off on a final decision about the future of hydrofracking for natural gas in the state. But the question has already sparked two appeals court battles.

A new poll released Wednesday found opposition to natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale is growing in New York. This comes as Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration weighs whether to allow shale-gas drilling in the state.

The State Assembly voted Wednesday for a two year moratorium on high volume hydrofracking in New York State.

Days after reports in the Associated Press surfaced citing anonymous sources saying New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was poised to approve limited hydrofracture drilling for natural gas in the Southern Tier and Central New York sparked protests and petition drives, the governor is saying the report was wrong...

Those who've been supporting or fighting New York State fracking regulations should soon have a better sense of what path the Cuomo administration intends to pursue regarding shale gas development. The Department of Environmental Conservation has not indicated whether it will release an updated environmental impact statement this week...

Over 150 local union laborers rallied in Binghamton with one message last week: ‘It’s time for new jobs; it’s time for new economic growth; it’s time for safe natural gas drilling."

The anti-hydrofracking group Elected Officials to Protect New York held a news conference at the capitol on Wednesday arguing that the potential costs of dealing with a natural gas boom could be seen as an unfunded mandate on localities.

The Village of Oxford’s board of trustees has approved the first hydrofracking ban in Chenango County. In a 4-1 vote, a zoning measure was passed that bars gas exploration, extraction and disposal within the Village of Oxford.